Category Archives: Our Place in the Firmament

I looked at my watch, which goes very well, and found that it was but six o’clock; and still thinking it something extraordinary that the sun should rise so early, I looked into the almanac, where I found it to … Continue reading →

As previously noted, Spring has forsaken Humptulips County this year, but it was warm enough on Memorial Day for me to grease the tractor and mow parts of the farm while Helen and her sister were visiting their parents’ nearby … Continue reading →

I have come to believe that much of the thinking that humanity considers “intelligent thought” is really nothing more than a convenient rationalization for why we, as a species, compulsively do things we are neurologically hard-wired to do and is, … Continue reading →

Those who know me understand that I am a morning person, and that by “morning” I especially mean the pre-dawn hours. In considering my preference, most of my friends focus on the fact that I go to bed earlier than … Continue reading →

The sky was as full of motion and change as the desert beneath it was monotonous and still — and there was so much sky, more than at sea, more than anywhere else in the world. The plain was there, … Continue reading →