March is a restless month. One day it feels like spring, the next, winter comes roaring back with a sudden snowstorm, like this weekend. Across the country, the weather has been wild: tornadoes, wi…

I am rereading Walden by Henry David Thoreau, and this line jumped out at me today as Thoreau was describing the house he built for his time at Walden Pond: I have thus a tight shingled and plaster…

Maybe it’s just me, but this autumn seems to have been especially glorious: colorful, vivid, bright, and seemingly lasting forever. Lately the trees have lost some of their color, what with the rai…

Thank you, Volvo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQX-QXxwGvA