Food for Thought

I’m just in from a few days of South Carolina rest and relaxation doing the sort of thing I’ve been dreaming of through the recent weeks of dedicated book preparation: wading a slow sandy creek and trying to catch catfish. The outing was for my nephew Stephen as well, a chance for him to escape […]

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Final Push

There’s a book coming. I’m not kidding; I know I’ve been promising for a long time. This will just be a short entry today to keep folks abreast of progress as I prepare to hand the manuscript off for some final editing of technicalities and then – off to the presses. An early April book […]

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Celebrate Renewal

This post may be a “spoiler” for the upcoming book but here it is, a sliver of what we’ll be walking toward when the adventure begins. I don’t believe the news on the environment is all bad news. In fact, there’s a great case to be made for just the opposite: that our natural environment […]

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Travels in Civilization

I’m just in from a week on Long Island, having my book scrutinized, economized and criticized by good friends. I should be bold enough now to seek out some criticism from those who are not friends. Aside from the practical aspects of the trip, it’s always good to spend time with the Kohl family who […]

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