Our world may have begun as a garden, but it’s not seeming quite right these days. Coronavirus and the other horsemen are trampling the flowers, and the misshapen economy will make next year’s seeds a stingier find. And even then,… Continue Reading
How many feathers are on a swan? How many miles does a black swift fly in a year? How many breaths does a hummingbird take in ten seconds? Numbers can tell fascinating stories. Unfortunately, they can also become a blur… Continue Reading
The Wintu Audubon Society offers a naturalist-guided field trip for up to six people to view the birds at the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge, a place teeming with winter geese, ducks, and raptors, as well as shore and woodland birds. Binoculars… Continue Reading
Patriotism is the good we do for one another and our collective selves. It is a quality of how we go at life — famously as soldiers, but also as parents, neighbors, workers and citizens. All of these areas call… Continue Reading
In 2015 twenty-one youths filed a lawsuit, Juliana v. U.S., in Oregon’s U.S. District Court. They were seeking protection from the ravages of a destabilized climate. They asserted, in part, that “through the government’s affirmative actions that cause climate change, it… Continue Reading
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