“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” ~ Unattributed We’re installing new fences around our back yard. The existing ones, probably put in before the 1940’s, are wire mesh strung on two-inch metal posts set in concrete. They have grown interwoven […]
Monthly Archives: June 2023
It’s been warm the last week and, befitting the first day of summer, it feels like summer is finally here in Colorado. There’s still a bit of cool overnight and early in the morning, but mostly it’s hot and sunny by afternoon. It’s been a wet year so far, but now it seems to be […]
As I get older, I become more aware of my bodily functions, some of which don’t work the same way they did twenty years ago. I seem to spend more time “spending a penny’ than I used to and have become aware of the significant amount of water I use to flush away my more […]
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” — Kahlil Gibran I grew up very near the 30” rainfall line that transverses Texas and the entire U.S. from north to south and reflects the significant climate differences. Science writer Harvey Leifert described it as follows: “It separated “cattle country” from “farm country”. Crops […]
Recently, the BBC released a list of the 100 best children’s books ever. Reading the list evoked my childhood and even my later youth. My father read to us frequently, and I became the reader for my younger sister, a role I kept into my teens. My wife and I both read to our son, […]
Writes of Nature 