These Are a Few of My Favorite Spoons I waxed poetic about the impact of a single blue glass plate on my life a few issues back, so I thou...

 Shape in the Dark   Once upon a summer evening, I wandered into my rose garden and discovered that each blossom bore a different kind of se...

 True worth is never just shell-deep The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci with pictures by Jerry Pinkney is a childhood favorite that my...

  Under the Brazen Hours Ever since she released her hit single in June 2012, I’ve listened to Lana Del Rey sing “I got that summertime, su...

Learning to Love Blue Again  My relationship with the color blue is complicated. Cobalt blue, in particular, I sometimes find smothering bec...

Contact Fey Liason Naidene Merryweather via Silver Basin    So I went to the beach and took way too many pictures, so I thought I’d have a l...

The Dehumidification of Hyperscale Humanity As hyperscale data centers slake their thirst  on the already dwindling water of the Ogallala Aq...