I began life as a Midwesterner in a small Iowa community. Eventually our family actually lived for 5 years or so in a town of only 360 people, about an hour away from where I was born. Like many boomers who have grown up in America, I miss that time and place where I spent [...]

Ooohhhh … that gorgeous slanted golden light that you only see in the fall has begun to shine on us here in our lovely part of the world. At right is one of the volunteer (ash?) trees that sprouted next to my driveway. I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of carrying capacity. In [...]