Vaccines, Mandates, and free will
A week or so ago the president of the college where I am a faculty member sent a letter to all students indicating a vaccine mandate for ...
Aug 08, 2021 / Read More
Quick Musings: venturing out
Yesterday was my first venture into the city (aka New York City; is there another one?) in over a year. Since Covid hit New York, I have ...
Jun 17, 2021 / Read More
Quick musings: On Integrity
As I was sitting idly in church the other day, half listening to the sermon, I noticed a kneeler pushed under the pew in front of me. I r...
Jun 14, 2021 / Read More
Tree wisdom
In winter stop, look: the tree ballet.Branches wildly arcing and bending in fractal arabesquesThey touch one anotherGently…Clicking out a...
Jan 21, 2021 / Read More
Autumnal Forests and la recherche du temps perdu
When I was in college, more decades ago than I care to share, I had a picture by my bed for a couple of years. It depicted a wood in autu...
Nov 07, 2020 / Read More
It will be alright.
Four years ago I showed up in my college class with a shocked and dismay look on my face. I could not believe that Donald Trump had won t...
Nov 07, 2020 / Read More
Ode to a Tree
When we moved into our home almost eight years ago, one of the reasons I fell in love with it immediately was the huge white birch in the...
Oct 11, 2020 / Read More
The Dog God
We walk slowly along the country road; my dog sniffs passionately at every tuff, every twig, stopping abruptly for some mysterious odor t...
Sep 28, 2020 / Read More
Thinking like a flower/living like a Tree
I am in the middle of reading the Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben. This lovely book reminds us that the world is larger than we h...
May 23, 2020 / Read More
a Pandemic Mind in Pandemonium
For the past month and a half I have been “sheltering in place,” avoiding human contact as best one can, wearing extremely uncomfortable ...
May 09, 2020 / Read More