Continue Reading Dispatches from the Battle of the Balcony Cast of Characters: Squirrel(s) the king and queen. Steller’s Jays the bishops. Attack: Crows the rooks. Pigeons the Knights. The rest – junkos and…
Continue Reading Addressing Affliction Artists processing Cancer “If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite./For man has closed himself up, till…
Continue Reading Vultures, all. My thoughts have been occupied with the fate of certain vultures (real ones), so it is not surprising that the term came…
Continue Reading Ethereal Blues (and Purples.) I came across Oliver’s poem yesterday, and it spoke to me. I was privileged in the sense that I was early on…
Continue Reading Swamp Lanterns You’ve probably walked by these plants during most of the year without noticing if you’ve hiked in Tryon Creek Park, or coastal…
Continue Reading Hot (and old) Lizards The Old LizardIn the parched path I have seen the good lizard (one drop of crocodile) meditating. With his green frock-coat of…
Continue Reading A Sucker for Succulents and Cacti Any fan of succulents and cacti will have a field day when visiting Pasadena’s Huntington Gardens. Or they might just walk through…
Continue Reading Atomic Bamboozle at the Hollywood and Kiggins Theatres After the catastrophe in Fukushima, Germany’s governing parties, abiding by a societal consensus reached as early as Chernobyl, decided in 2011 to…
Continue Reading Science through the lens of art This spring, first Ohio’s and now Tennessee’s Governor signed laws that designate methane gas as “green” or “clean” energy. The legislation is…
Continue Reading L.A. Arboretum There is a size and intensity to many things California that I am only slowly comprehending from a distance. L.A. County itself…
