Did you ever notice as you get older that you are turning into your parent? Surprising things come out of your mouth that only they would have said? Even if the mirror doesn’t reflect it, I am turning into my dad. Genes and DNA account for some of it. I have his short body build […]
Life is expensive. Humans consume considerable amounts of resources daily (especially North Americans). Some of this consumption is necessary for survival, but most is excess, which ultimately ends up in our landfills and junkyards. Much of what we consume and waste can be given a monetary value, but the cost of extracting these materials cannot
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We often claim that our way of life is a symbol of decency. We tell ourselves our intentions are honorable. We assume our society has been cultivated by a comparatively humane system that deserves trust. And we quietly worry that we don’t have the time, energy, or power to think things through a little more
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“These are seed varieties that survived … It’s a library of life.” – Cary Fowler Over 800 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Spitsbergen, Norway, The Svalbard Global Seed Vault sits buried 400 feet in the side of a mountain, Nationally owned seed banks exist in almost every country. They’re staffed by scientists who study and
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Early September, the tail end of summer on the high plains. Cicadas and crickets sing in the cool night. Overhead the full moon does a strip tease through gauzy layers of cloud. The night is, in a word, magical. On the radio the plaintive lines of a Bob Seger tune help turn the driver’s eye
you moved that dial from comfort to gone, something compelling you drawing you to firing line and desert sands or some great field with thorns and you wrote a letter to that love you left and she cried on its ink, staining an image of loss, nonetheless, she drew on you. you moved in line