I’ve been reading about “trophic cascades” recently after a dear friend sent me this video. I’d not seen the video, but evidently more than 14 million others have! It’s a perfect example of how everything in nature has a role to play, a role we must strive to understand and value. Take a look! I’m still […]
“What do I love to do?” the young man asked. He opened his palms upward and shrugged his shoulders. With a laugh he said, “I love to watch football.” Others in the room laughed with him. The man had responded to a question I’d asked a couple of months ago while I was in Tuscaloosa. […]
Let me be clear: I LIKE Starbucks. In the West Pavilion here at UAB Medicine, we have a Starbucks coffee kiosk and I go there frequently and get their “Veranda Blend.” A fantastic woman named Annie works there and when she sees me coming, she fills a cup for me even before I get to […]
Wendell Berry once said, “Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.” In my opinion, it’s a great variation on the Golden Rule. It’s also a nicer sentiment than it’s corollary, “Always drink upstream from the herd.” The second quote comes from a compendium of so-called Cowboy Wisdom, the first from […]
Back in 1968, one of my sister’s boyfriends invited me to go with him to the National 500 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. This was back before NASCAR was cool and televised and large corporations renamed the tracks and the races, which proves I’m a long-standing, North Carolina redneck. It was also before my sister agreed […]
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