Category: Racism, Terror
-
After The Heat Wave
A day of intense sunlight. A few fair weather clouds drift here and yon across the great arc of blue sky. The local birds are raising their second or third broods while the osprey appear to be feeding chicks and more forcefully guarding their nests. We had three days of intense heat, which broke yesterday.…
-
In the Presence of Mystery
Early evening and the light literally dances softly to the breezes. There is just the thinnest of overcasts. Yesterday was so windy that the air was filled with flying green leaves, as though we had jumped right to early fall. The wind brought down an immense pine tree at a nearby church, and with it,…
-
A Hard Day
A cloudy, damp, deeply chilling day. Heavier rain is forecast for a bit later. A family of starlings have set up housekeeping just outside our dining room windows and fill the house with song in the mornings and in the early evening. Yesterday I noted a fledgling starling on the roof. I woke this morning…
-
Who Are We to Each Other?
Urban forests, social relationships, and challenges to embracing otherness.
