WORK HARD, BE WELL, AT AGE 100
At the age of 100, radical economist and lifestyle rebel Scott Nearing died in his bed in the stone masonry home he and his wife, Helen,...
LESSONS FROM THE BOTTOM OF A HAND-DUG POND
In the woods just beyond the fence line and close to the hand-dug pond, white-tailed deer are breathing heavily in REM sleep. The rushing...
DNA IS THE NEW RELIGION
More than 2,000 years ago, authors of the Talmud and the Bible threw out the panoply of gods enthroned at the Pantheon of Rome, the...
FORESTS IN THE FIRES OF HELL
The residents of Moscow know something of the Fort McMurray fires that have been raging in the tar sand boreal barrens of northern...
COUNTRY MUSIC NEEDS A DOUBLE SHOT OF DYLAN
Heaven help us, we need a strong dose of Bob Dylan mixed into the mass pabulum that passes for country music in this urban century. When...
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MOUNTAINS
On a foot trail in mountainous terrain, the human brain freewheels. Traveling alone, thoughts and ideas flow like water in fast moving...
THAT STONE AGE STATE OF MIND
If you could structure your waking life, your working life to perfectly suit your particular nature, what would your day be like? How...
HOT TIME ON THE OLD PLANET
We’re on our way. Yes, we are. We’ve got a one-way ticket to the PETM. Don’t know what that acronym stands for? Your grandchildren will...
THE CULT OF PROENNEKE
On every continent, the people of the world are leaving rural villages and country settings to settle in megacities, teeming metropolises...
PARTNERING WITH A PLANET
Aboard a wooden sailing vessel at anchor in Cape Cod Bay in early years of the 1600s, a crew member penned a superlative about the sea...