Mother Stump
A nurse log is a fallen tree that facilitates the growth of seedlings as it decays. This stump is providing the same service. We took...
What you are left with
To quote Nick Cave, “I don’t believe in the myth of a personal God,” but sometimes it really does seem as if a higher...
Moss Wall
In a country with no true forest, where volcanic activity has only recently allowed plants to begin to colonize many parts of the country, moss...
Words of Art
On my last day of my first trip to Iceland, I wandered the Reykjavik Art Museum. I had already noticed an Icelandic tendency to treat...
Ariadne auf Nauxos at Seattle Opera
Long story short: A rich man has commissioned a tragic opera, “Ariadne auf Naxos,” to be performed at his party. He has also hired a...