G-r-rick! G-r-rick! The woodland call of the ash-throated flycatcher manages to sound both dry and optimistic, and this bird has reason to feel both. It is well adapted to the summer conditions of the...
Category: Columns
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend in my social media feed recently. It’s been even more prominent since Governor Newsom’s statewide mask order went into effect. Different versions of a document claiming to exempt people...
“I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return. Above...
“When you are finished changing, you are finished.” -Benjamin Franklin “Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” -Benjamin Disraeli The Benjamins were right, weren’t they? Some people are great at staying calm and unruffled even...
