Rock Creek, Montana Off-the-grid is a mixed bag. The isolation and lack of interruption provides an inescapable opportunity for serious conversations with my son, which might not be his favorite part of these excursions for example. Sure, I still wake up at 4 AM in the morning processing the list of things that have to …
Category: Ideas and Issues
The President Goes to Prison – Hooray!
Rock Creek, Montana Barack Obama became the first United States President to go inside a federal prison. No doubt the rightwing will feast on this for days, but for the rest of us his visit should be a feast of celebration because it takes another sturdy step forward towards a more explicit recognition of the …
Those Little Critters are Amazing
Rock Creek, Montana How many of us ever have good thoughts about most insects? We keep busy swatting mosquitos, shooing flies, stepping on cockroaches, tiptoeing around caterpillars, and gingerly keeping an eye out for the whole host of little buggers. Granted, we might let a ladybug crawl over us, remember spending hours playing with doodle bugs …