In the tumble of donated books in the Little Free Library, I saw one with a title that spoke to me: From Murder to Forgiveness: A Father’s Journey by Azim Khamisa with Carl Goldman.
A Kick in the Pants
Is it a coincidence that the head of Penn and the head of Harvard, one ousted the other threatened with ouster, are both women?
Smoke Signals
Today I’m wondering about the future of literature in our beleaguered country.
Second Childhood
We’ve spent too many words bewailing the sins committed against us in our childhoods, and they were sins, and they had drastic effects, and that matters; but Sunday when I bought this charming “Winter Fairy” at my church’s St. Nicholas Bazaar, I decided it’s high time to enter into my second childhood…
Multispecies Entanglement
I’m witnessing a surge in big, old-fashioned weddings for those who can afford up to half a million dollars to rent tents, clubs, hire staff, and buy the necessary clothes.
I’m Thankful For….
As our first snow fell here in the southern Rockies, my granddaughter asked me why I moved to Santa Fe 35 years ago.
Two Ways to Help
I feel as helpless and depressed as many of us do, watching the endless destruction wrought by the wars we largely finance with our tax dollars.
Moving at Sheeps’ Pace
Thinking about Tierra Wools’ herd of sheep moving from their summer in the highlands here, reminds me of the two orphan lambs I raised in Kentucky when I was growing up.
Winter at Wolf Pen Farm
It was never my intention to create a private estate, and it gives me great satisfaction to know that River Fields organizes seasonal wildflower walks at the farm, and that a generation of children is growing up in my three rental houses.
Fear of Flying Is Fifty
Jong’s courage in going to bat for all of us who couldn’t speak up for ourselves is a quality I will always admire.