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What Is the Role of Religion?

What Is the Role of Religion?

Fifteen years ago, I hiked the state and national parks from the Indiana Dunes to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. I remember my delight at discovering this place of tranquility in Ludington State Park. I don’t remember sitting on the bench. I was younger...
How Many Environmental Disasters Does It Take?

How Many Environmental Disasters Does It Take?

Fifteen years ago, I hiked the state and national parks from the Indiana Dunes to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. I remember my delight at discovering this place of tranquility in Ludington State Park. I don’t remember sitting on the bench. I was younger...
Slowing Down a Grim Prediction

Slowing Down a Grim Prediction

Fifteen years ago, I hiked the state and national parks from the Indiana Dunes to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. I remember my delight at discovering this place of tranquility in Ludington State Park. I don’t remember sitting on the bench. I was younger...
Will You Be Part of the Story?

Will You Be Part of the Story?

Fifteen years ago, I hiked the state and national parks from the Indiana Dunes to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. I remember my delight at discovering this place of tranquility in Ludington State Park. I don’t remember sitting on the bench. I was younger...
We Can’t Put Our Heads in the Sand

We Can’t Put Our Heads in the Sand

Did you know that the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, written just after World War II, did not mention water? And that when the General Assembly voted to add the right to water and sanitation in 2010, the United States abstained from voting? Did...
If It’s Not Okay, Then What?

If It’s Not Okay, Then What?

Thank you for your support as I try to live my creative life following the wisdom of the late Toni Morrison: This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak,...