Continue Reading The Art of Selling Lies Someone once called propaganda the art of selling lies. It’s a catchy summary but obscures the extent to which communication can be…
Continue Reading The Palestinian Exception I don’t sleep very well since the L.A. fires broke out. I have this recurrent thought of “One moment you sit in…
Continue Reading After the Fire. Here they were, salmons “singing in the street,” in Northern morning light that favored gold and blues. Right out of an Auden…
Continue Reading Eaton Wildfire: Facing Insurance. Many people who have lost their homes and all belongings to the LA wildfires are likely overwhelmed by the multitude of tasks…
Continue Reading Eaton Fire Since so many of you have inquired, for which I am truly grateful, I want to just answer a few questions. My son…
Continue Reading And Now from the Interesting Person Department… Last week I was looking something up at the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature…
Continue Reading Game On. Walk with me in this first week of the New Year. Grab your boots, though. My neighborhood park is rain-drenched and muddy…
Continue Reading Connecting the Dots. Last blog for this year, looks like. I am defying the impulse to offer a balance sheet of a difficult year, or…
Continue Reading Fluke You never know. Here I was planning a quiet walk in one of my favorite places on earth, the place where I…
Continue Reading Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah. This was sent by a friend – I thought I’d share the welcome sentiments. E. B. White’s Christmas – From the New Yorker…
