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“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? ” asked Percy Shelley. That’s a nice idea, and maybe has some […]

Somewhere in the Lord of the Rings cycle I seem to remember an episode with marching trees moving to attack.

George Orwell’s famous book, 1984, is the most familiar statement of the way in which words can be made to

Beowulf was a lunker. I was digging potatoes recently and the first one I came up with was something special.

To speak of Autumn as “Fall” is apparently a North American custom and having to do, they say, with the

How do I love the wireless world? Let me count the ways! There was a week last month in which

Over a century ago, in the mystery of time, a Frenchman and an Englishman emigrated to the United States. The

Blame it on Eve. When Adam and Eve got bounced from the garden for not paying attention to the rules,

The harvest time brings its own set of problems: for every fruit, its own pest. My orchard produces apples, blueberries,

There are few things as satisfying to the psyche as an hour outside with a chainsaw. Gardening can require hours