Time Travel
Nearly 40 years ago, I published my first essay, titled "Time Travel and Papa Joe's Pipe." It appeared in Smithsonian magazine and launched my writing career.The essay is about time…
Virus and Risk
Five men to twenty! though the odds be great, I doubt not, uncle, of our victory. Many a battle have I won in France,When as the enemy hath been ten to one: Why should…
photo by Jeremy Bishop
Nature
I cannot stand aghastat whatever doom hovers in the backgroundwhile grass and trees and the somnolent riverwho know they are allowed to last for ever-- Keith Douglas (1940) Last week, my…