Tom Carpenter

To know the abyss of darkness and not fear it, to entrust oneself to it and whatever may arise from it — what greater gift? — Ursula K. Le Guin

No children were allowed inside the Beatitudes Assisted Living facility. Consequently, when our family made the obligatory stop to visit great-aunt

Soft and subtle isn’t the only way to bring in a gobbler. Here’s when to get aggressive and really yak it up this spring

“The three billion plus birds that migrate represent over 350 species of our regularly occurring terrestrial birds in the US and Canada.” — the website flockingaround.com

“How'd the spelling bee go?” my ol' buddy Lamar asked. “Don't ask.”

“…we must assume God has a sense of humor….” — Harold Bloom, “Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human.”

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters. — Frank Lloyd Wright

My father preferred to do things himself. This proved problematic for his oldest child and son. Mom would say to me, “Go help your father.”

All things seem possible in May. — Edward Way Teale In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are utterly random.

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