What We Put Aside
Recently I’ve found myself pondering the various writing-project ideas that I’ve generated over the years. A couple weeks ago, I decided to see if I could gather them all into one place, one list. I started going through various electronic files and discovered that I...Bird Brain
This past week my work days have frequently been accompanied by the periodic sound of a hard tapping on our kitchen window. The first time I heard it, I thought someone was knocking at the front door, but nobody was there. It turns out that we’ve got an adolescent...Another Deceiving Appearance
Last week I talked about some animals with deceiving appearances. Today I’m pondering another such instance—this time a plant. I was giving a friend a tour of my garden and explaining how raspberry plants fruit on second-year canes. When I pointed out a second-year...
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