Or maybe a little ostrich-back jaunt this evening. 15 September 2025 Hello friends, Have you ever felt the need to take an expanded view of things? A humble example: consider [...]

All the dunes you can jump off. Or on. 15 August 2025 Hello friends, Have you ever sledded down a huge dune? Or leapt off one into space and landed [...]

The horses run anywhere they want 15 July 2025 If you’re captivated by horses, this turnaround might be fun: on Assateague Island, off the coasts of Maryland and Virginia, the [...]

And who is smart enough to know? 15 May 2025 My favorite dictionary defines sentient this way: having feeling. And sapient this way: showing wisdom or the ability to reason. [...]

Civilized or not, they just seem to go together. 14 February 2025 Tarzan emerged from the prolific imagination of writer Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912, and his popularity carried him [...]

First of all, it has to be made from scratch. 15 January 2025 To grow a perfect snowflake you start with a cracking-cold windless day or night, although nights like [...]

Was it the Ode to Freedom? 15 December 2024 With his ears and his general health failing, Beethoven is said to have composed much of his famous 9th Symphony on [...]

Some things are just funny. We know that. 15 November 2024 Hi friends, It’s probably fortunate that there are so many ways to make people laugh: slapstick and sarcasm, mimicry [...]

And it’s often absolutely free. 15 October 2024 Here is a contribution to the world from Roger Scruton, British writer and philosopher: The great artists of the past were aware [...]

Inventing your own career 15 September 2024 I’ve been writing about someone who is an extraterrestrial fiddler, and what prompts him to adopt this profession during threatening times. It would [...]