Environment
Keystone Pipeline and Birds
We Americans ‘sort of ‘ got what we wanted. The senate passed (89 to 10) an extension of a cut to the Social Security payroll tax, albeit only a two-month extension, and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, though only… Continue reading
NEBBISH ZINNIAS
Every year, I start off the summer full of great ambitions and overzealous hope all due to the beautiful seed catalogs that begin arriving in January. However, over the years I’ve learned to be more realistic. I now only order… Continue reading
Pinky Says: THE STOLEN PORTRAIT OF ADELE BLOCH-BAUER
The world record sale in 2006 of a Gustav Klimt portrait marked the culmination of its sensational journey from the salons of Vienna via the hands of Nazi looters to the Neue Museum in New York. The painting… Continue reading
Weeds and Wildlife
If you live in Kansas, there are about four days in the spring and four days in the fall when you can comfortably get outside and garden. (Comfortably is the operative word.) Like the rest of the country, we’ve… Continue reading
Hummingbirds
From where we stood, the town lay in a picturesque valley protected by a range of distant snow-capped mountains. Off to the west, a bank of dark clouds rolled our way headed straight for Trinidad. Dudley, my miniature dachshund, and… Continue reading
