Yesterday, the advertisement section of the local Sunday paper was twice as thick as the news section. This morning, the radio station screamed about shootings at home and abroad and the television broadcasts pathetic scandals every time I turn it on. Magazines overwhelm me with data about climate change and all the billboards I pass, […]
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Scrounging through briars in the woods, for firewood- hauling, sawing, splitting and stacking it- is a universal task. All over the planet men women and children need fire for cooking and warmth. At one moment, yesterday, as I stacked oak and pecan sticks into the back of my son’s pick-up, I felt as if I […]