To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. “Mommy, why did God make mosquitoes?” That’s a very good question. And it’s one that grown-ups annually find themselves asking as spring weather morphs into the signature heat and humidity of summer that mosquitoes seem to love. “Mosquito metrics” are daunting. Entomologists know of at least 3,500 species, 175 of which are proud to call… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. The picture above is beautiful. And also disquieting. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are hurtling toward the surface of the moon in the Apollo 11 Lunar Module on July 20, 1969. Within a few hours, Armstrong will take his “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” No one suspected at the… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. The howl of the coyote is America’s “original national anthem.” That’s the conclusion of author and history professor Dan Flores in his book Coyote America, an examination of the life and times of the creature that almost certainly qualifies as our nation’s most hated animal. Coyotes have roamed North America for more than a… Read more »
