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Thank you to my cousin, D., whose phone call this past Sunday afternoon was perfectly timed. I had been sitting outside in the late...

I’ve been reading and thinking a lot lately about consciousness. You probably have an idea about what consciousness is. Maybe you think...

It’s been over two years since I’ve seen my cheerful red-headed woodpecker at my bird feeder. He’s such a striking animal – deep red...

Look out! is an urgent warning. It usually means that some harm is coming your way – right now – so you better stop navel gazing and pay...

For all the times I've written about choice -- and they are many -- I neglected to emphasize the "and" in the process. When we think of...

Today millions of humans will be in the shadow of a total solar eclipse and it will surely inspire awe. For a few minutes, the sun’s...

Straddling the threshold At some point, the miraculous became mundane. Sooner or later, the novelty wore off. Whether it was falling in...

Welcome to Holy Week, that is, if you are a practicing Catholic or Protestant. As a child raised Roman Catholic, my parents always...

Have you heard a meteorologist mention the real feel? It’s a term that accounts for all kinds of factors affecting the weather outside....

This is the week we spring forward in Connecticut and lose an hour of sleep but gain an hour of daylight at the end of the day. Much has...