We humans are obsessed with the concept of God. Driven by fear, hope and intellectual curiosity, we devote much of our lives to exploring, ...
Sunday, 29 June 2014
Saturday, 28 June 2014
Breeding Bird Census
11:10
Today, I took part in a breeding bird census at South Platte Park, in Littleton, Colorado. On this warm, sunny morning, my group surveyed a...
Friday, 27 June 2014
Preventing Suicide
08:26
Suicide generally occurs is individuals who are suffering from depression or who, for other reasons, feel a sense of hopelessness or low sel...
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
The Joy of Mass Transit
17:46
Mass transit has long been the butt of jokes and an easy target for criticism. After all, most of us have endured the misery of being trapp...
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
The Miner's Cat
09:51
Slender omnivores of the Desert Southwest, Mexico and Central America, ringtails are members of the raccoon family. Though fairly common on...
Monday, 23 June 2014
The Fountain Creek Valley
19:17
Fountain Creek rises on the Palmer Divide, north of Colorado Springs, and flows southward to join the Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colorado. ...
Sunday, 22 June 2014
Wildflowers along the South Platte
11:15
June is a good month for wildflower viewing along the Front Range urban corridor since late spring blooms mingle with those that persist thr...
Friday, 20 June 2014
Focus on Children
14:47
Most of the problems that confront American society have their roots in childhood. Poor lifestyle choices and their subsequent health issue...
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Cheerful Exterminators
11:50
Since purchasing our Littleton, Colorado, farm in 1990, we have decided not to use herbicides or pesticides on the property. While insects ...
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Mulberry Festival
15:38
The annual mulberry festival is underway on our Littleton, Colorado, farm. The fruit of the white mulberry trees and our lone weeping mulbe...
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
The Diplomacy of Sports
17:49
Worldwide sporting events, such as the World Cup and the Olympics, seem to bring out the best in humanity. The athletes, while cherishing t...
Monday, 16 June 2014
Blast Furnace on the Plains
19:09
As I traveled back to Colorado today, strong southerly winds raked the Great Plains, sweeping hot air into the Heartland and fueling tornadi...
Friday, 13 June 2014
Groundhog Days, Again!
10:18
A decade ago, we experienced a steady invasion of groundhogs at our Columbia, Missouri, home. Most chose to den beneath our deck and one di...
Thursday, 12 June 2014
The Art of Coexistence
13:03
From the moment of our birth, we find ourselves assigned to artificial units of humanity; these are based on nationality, ethnicity, race, c...
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Commercialized Nature
13:21
On our recent visit to Lookout Mountain, in Tennessee, my wife and I decided to visit Ruby Falls and Rock City, two heavily advertised touri...
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
An Outlier of Appalachia
11:04
Driving southwest on I-65 from Louisville, Kentucky, one soon climbs from the Devonian sediments of Greater Louisville into the early Missi...
Sunday, 8 June 2014
Distant Lightning
18:12
On our last evening in Florida, I went outside after sunset to enjoy the cool breeze off Sarasota Bay and to listen to the squawking of nigh...
Saturday, 7 June 2014
The Goose Duck
04:55
Black-bellied whistling-ducks are permanent residents of South America, Central America, Mexico and southern Arizona and have long been summ...
Friday, 6 June 2014
Paynes Prairie Basin
06:19
Just south of Gainesville, Florida, Interstate 75 crosses a broad valley covered by a shrubby grassland. This is the western portion of the...
Thursday, 5 June 2014
War & Injustice
05:12
The recent prisoner swap involving Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl and members of the Taliban has unleashed a firestorm of criticism in the American ...
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Red Bug Slough Preserve
04:42
Red Bug Slough Preserve is a 72 acre refuge in the southern suburbs of Sarasota, Florida. Stretching along a drainage channel, it is charac...
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Willets
05:21
As mentioned in yesterday's post, willets are among the few shorebirds to summer on the beaches of Florida; indeed, they are found along...
Monday, 2 June 2014
Longboat's Quiet Season
04:42
Longboat Key, off Sarasota, Florida, is primarily a residential community. During the warmer months, many home and condo owners head for no...
Sunday, 1 June 2014
Politics & Science
04:53
Conservative politicians profess their support for economic growth, entrepreneurship and innovation. Over the past few decades, most of tha...
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