As we hurry and scurry about, the birds are still attending my feeder and the crows are performing their ballet in the sky.
Tell Me About Despair
One of the poems that means most to me is Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese.” I remember when I first read it, years ago, I felt moved and inspired—and then wondered, “How does she dare?” The message remains revolutionary.
Northern Bobwhite Quail
It may seem strange that in the midst of the problems with Hopscotch and the Kentucky Foundation for Women, I’m choosing to write about the Bobwhite Quail. There are two reasons…
As They Go, so Go We
Years of drought and now weeks, perhaps months, of extreme heat have caused the loss of 2.3 million pinyon jays, which is 78.7 percent of their total population.