Catalonia Could Happen Here
As a scholar of Regional and Place Studies and a historian of secessionist movements I believe Catalonia’s brand of separatism could come to the...
Urban Questions (and Responses) for Krugman
Over a month ago, Paul Krugman used his space at The New York Times to ask "what, in the modern economy, are small cities...
Prairie Fires and Prairie Romances
Caroline Fraser's wonderful Prairie Fires is many things. Primarily it's a biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the justly famous Little House books,...
Once More to the Garden (Then to the Trout Streams): ...
I wonder if Mr. Big in the sky would be willing to give us a Do-Over.
The Holy Waters, the Bra Tree, and The Unexpected: A...
And then comes the last kayak, plenty buoyant, and in it a beauty contestant in minimal black swimwear.
On Being Less than We Are
What you miss out on by not making the climb is too great a loss on such a morning as this.
Can You (or anyone) Put Wendell Berry’s Lightning in the Bottle...
Below is the text of a review for Orthodox Presbyterians -- of all people -- of Jack Baker and Jeff Bilbro's new book on...
Consider the Forest: A Review of Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life...
If a human timescale—privileging our experience and our hopes—is insufficient to understand the forest, then maybe we will be provoked to reconsider both the human and forestal timescale.
Spring Fever
I had bought a few baseball cards when I was eight years old, mostly for the gum, but the start of fourth grade, in 1967, was when I became serious.