March 16, 2021

A marsh hawk coming zooming up from the valley below, executes a perfect hairpin turn, then vanishes. I don't even try reaching for my camera, knowing there are some moments in life that cannot be photographed. 

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March 24, 2020

The word "Paleoptera" means "ancient wings." Ancient they may be, but backwards they are not. This group includes the dragonflies, the fastest flying insects, with top speeds in excess of 35 miles an hour. A dragonfly can fly forwards, backwards, side to side, up and down vertically, and can hover in the air for up to a minute. 

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May 2019

It's six o'clock in the morning. Sunrise is still a ways off. Ray barely looks up from the pump engine he's bent over like some kind of Medieval hunchback. "Mornin' Pat," he drawls. 

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February 2019

The Small Girl is sixteen years old. Polio has left her with a paralyzed arm and a limp. One eye wanders, and she slurs her words, as if talking with a mouthful of mush. Her name is Ayeshetu, her nicknames is Ama, but I usually just call her the Small Girl. 

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June 2017

This story begins many years ago, back when I was still almost young...

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March 2017

Did I ever tell you about my one degree of separation from Dwight David Eisenhower? That's right, between me and the thirty-fourth president of the United States of America there is but one degree of separation -- thanks to my friendship with Old Mrs. Knight. 

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