Watching my steps
Walking to the back door of our house, my one-year-old daughter is distracted by activity at her feet. Still struggling to pronounce the word, she shouts the word for “bug.” “BUH! BUH! BUH!” Raising her legs, she begins to playfully stomp on the ants at her feet. It was just yesterday that bugs were a [...]
Windmills on the horizon
“Peco’s wind program needs your help to work” in the Philadelphia Inquirer (April 14, 2005). Driving through Somerset County in Western Pennsylvania, my eyes are drawn to the giant turbines ahead, which loom over the horizon like apocalyptic watchtowers. To some, they are scars upon the landscape. To others, they are deadly blades taking down [...]
Listening
A child’s ears truly listen. Whether we are seated at the dinner table, playing with the toy kitchen, or reading a book, it is always my daughter who calls my ears to attention. “Cawl! Cawl! Cawl!” She’s right, I do hear the birds now. “Weeeeeeehhhh,” she howls in excitement, tapping her head to tell me [...]
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