Hop on the Berry Go Round
The 17th edition of the blog carnival Berry Go Round is up at Gravity’s Rainbow. Check out some fine photos and news of leaves, plants, and flowers from around the country (including my pasqueflower...
View ArticleI am an ecosystem
If the human body contains about 100 trillion cells, how many of these are human cells? All of them? Not quite. Not even close. Only 10 trillion, or about 10 percent, are human cells. The rest are...
View ArticleThe power of we, multiplied
Today is Blog Action Day 2012, and bloggers around the world are thinking and writing about “The Power of We,” highlighting themes of community, equality, and freedom. What better day to talk about the...
View ArticleThe law of the ground is sharing
What does Thanksgiving have to do with an election? This year, a whole lot. The start of the season of sharing follows close on the heels of a season full of not-so-generous attitudes. I’m thinking of...
View ArticleCan we imagine a better future? On dystopias and hope
A blog reader named Ray contacted me a while back to say that he shares a deep concern about climate change. In fact, he’s publishing a novel about it on his website. In his book the Arctic polar ice...
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