I let the children have a go first and then reach out a recently hennaed hand, palm up, to accept the flannel armband from Mounir. The whole thing suddenly seems a little flimsy. Are birds supposed to wobble? I’m a lot taller than those children, and my arm is accordingly further from the ground than the […]
October 19-23, 2015 Doctors think in narratives, not computerized drop down menus, says Ann. Let them be truly present in the examination room. On Helen’s morning walking commute, all kinds of stories are possible – growth, recovery, even a shared moment between a gourd and an ape. Craig’s quest for a portal to the Pleistocene […]
October 5 – 9, 2015 We look for water on Mars not just for scientific evidence of life, Craig says, but because our species is predisposed to look for water everywhere. Helen revisits her experience eating whale meat and exploring culinary taboos. Ann loves everything about her local restaurants but the cacophony that fills them. […]
September 21 – 25, 2015 According to John Locke, a man’s labor is his own, and so when it is embedded in the land he works, that land becomes his own. Guest Julie Rehmeyer contends the connection goes both ways – we belong to the land we tend. Abstruce Goose demonstrates the correct response to […]
A year ago this month, I followed some random link and came upon 10Q, a site that promises to ask you 10 questions over a period of 10 days and then send your answers to your inbox after a one-year interlude. The questions were generic but reflective: “Describe a significant experience that has happened in […]
September 7-11, 2015 In the way that miniature zeitgeists sometimes appear here at LWON, it was a week that centered around birds and flight. Renewable energy is great until it massacres all your eagles. Cameron follows the newest developments in wind farming. Boobies are unfaithful, fratricidal maniacs, says Eric. But it’s not their fault, and […]
I’ve always enjoyed the code-breaking aspect of reading in a foreign language. If I can’t justify the time to read something vapid but appealing, I tend to pick up the French version and keep Google translate handy for the new words. Still, what I’m really managing is my own challenge level – I have no […]
Investigative journalists seem awfully glamorous – delving into mysteries and catching those liars at their game. Unfortunately, I don’t have any of the aptitudes involved, so I steer clear of it. But recently I’ve had the thrill of that hunt in miniature. It all began when an editor sent me a link to the check above, […]
