Category: Nature

Drought and LOVE: The Kindergarten Solution to Climate Change

October 19, 2012

While the political candidates seem to have left this summer’s heat wave in the dust, I’m still troubled by what it portends about the planet’s health. And this preoccupation is popping up in everything from what bedtime stories I choose for the kids, to the sketches of dried up flower stalks and brittle leaves appearing … More Drought and LOVE: The Kindergarten Solution to Climate Change

Behind the Moon, Beyond the Rain

August 7, 2011

        “A place where there isn’t any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a         place, Toto? There must be. It’s not a place you can get to by a boat or a         train. It’s far, far away. Behind the moon, beyond the rain.”                                                                             — Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz For the past few years, I … More Behind the Moon, Beyond the Rain