“the astounded soul / Hangs for a moment bodiless and simple / As false dawn.”Richard Wilbur, “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” Love may call us to the things of this world, but why are we called to love by such disparate things? Why does one person discover their emotional valence—“the capacity of […]

Yesterday an early storm brought snow to the high country. In a day or so, as September temperatures warm, meltwater will percolate through the thin soil, and where the rocks are right it will slip into limestone fissures, carrying a hint of acidity deep underground. As it has done for millions of years, the water […]