Where’s the Flood?
In the early spring of 1935, the great Dust Bowl, during months of wind storms, had left drifts of sandy soil on the streets of downtown Colorado Springs. On May 3, the region received its first snow in 18 years in which 12 inches of snow fell over a couple of days, turning those reportedly two-feet-tall drifts of sand into piles of mud. Most roads became impassable. On Memorial Day,
Something to Believe in, While Supplies Last
Carli pointed the BELIEF-B-GON at her would be ex-husband, Carl, and pressed the machine’s blue button. The instructions for the BELIEF-B-GON were clear: STEP 1: Press red button to record new belief. STEP 2: Aim front of device at target. STEP 3: Press blue button. They were written by a man of science marketing a product for the following purpose: “Watch as old beliefs get whisked away by those you
Millionaire’s Spring Delight
Yesterday, had I been a millionaire able to hire a gardener or two, I — I still would have knelt in the earth and brushed back the crunchy leaves, to see, touch, oh! green shoots of new garlic. Yes, pruned scratchy rose bushes sucked blood from my thorn-stabbed thumb; cut back the lower aspen branches, plucked up the dry and dead tomato and pepper plants, snapped off hollyhock stalks. Yes, even
Supernatural Estate
The decision to go to the estate sale that morning was spontaneous, based on 5th hand email information, but there were supposed to be books. Specifically, “a great deal of gardening, botany, and entomology books—$2 hardback, $1 soft cover.” To a major nature and gardening book freak on a budget, those words made for one sweet carrot. After calling to make sure there were some left (I was told they
Capital Punishment: Proposing a New Model
The United States not only incarcerates more people than any other country, but we are one of the few that executes people. A Christian nation that sanctions state killing is a contradiction that requires some thoughtful consideration. One doesn’t need to be a biblical scholar to figure out Christ’s view of capital punishment. Trials like those of James Holmes and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev make the public debate all the more urgent.
