Novorerum

Mysteries in my garden

Maybe nobody else has noticed. But I’ve been gardening for an awfully long…

‘Dumbening’ and ‘inagency’

I want to explore these two concepts…

Behind Hope

What is behind this constant pressure for us to retain “hope”? I’ve been thinking of this quite a bit lately.

The Wind Discomfits Me

“The wind blows where it wills…”

The skunk, the wolf

I am out early this morning, before sunrise. Frost on the grass. Something to my left: quickly, a blur, movement, a plume…

Wendy Mitchell has died. I feel I have, too.

I rarely feel much emotion when I learn that someone I’ve known has died. This…

Two kinds of people

A basic difference shows how people approach our current crises.

Chaotic weather and the death of birds

The cold snap came quickly and we were unprepared.

What we missed

We see, we suspect, we worry — then (usually) do nothing