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Musings On the Meaning of Brigid or Imbolc.
By
Gus diZerega
While most of the country is still deep in snow, the days have grown noticeably longer since the depth of Winter’s darkness. In California along with brighter days the first flowers of the year are already blooming. In this strange winter a few flowers never stopped blooming, with the domestic roses confused, trying to go…
Small win for decency
By
Gus diZerega
At least one bigot blogging against the Yaqui prayer at the Tucson memorial service for those murdered by Jared Loughner has gotten into trouble over it. Not enough, but it’s a start. May it grow.
Prairie dogs and language
By
Gus diZerega
Sabina Magliocco brought this site on prairie dog language up on her Facebook site. It’s great. Turns out that a whole lot more is going on with prairie dogs than any Westerner ever thought. And if this is true for prairie dogs, think of how true it is likely to be for a great many…
John Roll, Aldo Leopold, and Ayn Rand: heroism true and false
By
Gus diZerega
In his wonderful A Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold gives my favorite description of what it is to be uniquely human. He observes that when the last passenger pigeon died, a species that once had darkened the North American sky with its numbers, many people felt badly, very badly. If on the other hand passenger…
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