As a devoted reader of all of Shakespeare’s poems, I’ve always been puzzled by the verb, “sucks” in this line from The Tempest.
Blog Posts about New Mexico
First We Burn
The national news, which almost never recognizes that New Mexico is a state—after all we have only five Congressional delegates—has been pricked into awareness by our five fires, one of
Another Silent Spring
Would it have made a difference if a man had written it, a well-known scientist? I wondered that this morning as I walked through our parched and silent woods here
Something We Can All Do…
It’s a small idea. A simple idea: One day a week we don’t drive—to let the earth breathe, as a friend of mine described it.
The Cruelest Month
It’s always fun to dispute with Mr. Eliot who used to reign supreme in English Departments all over this country.
The Right to Be Forgotten
Innocent till proven guilty? A sword with two edges.
The Woman in the Mink Coat
“That’s quite a coat,” I murmured as she slid past me into the next seat.
Two Sisters
How does it happen that here in (relatively) remote and small Santa Fe, New Mexico, I’ve come to know about two sisters from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
How Wonderful Is That
In the midst of so much bad news, this astonishing performance of starlings, those little birds many of us have learned to hate, is a reminder of our ability to communicate and cooperate
Out of Darkness
I have learned in dark times to turn to a few trusted resources.