That’s been my mantra the past few days. “Sentences.” For the last week I have been trying to write at least one section of my thesis every day. At this point I’m a little behind, but fortunately I planned for that and gave myself a few day buffer. This week (and weekend) will be spent […]

And indeed there will be time For the yellow smoke that slides along the street, Rubbing its back upon the window panes;          There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet; There will be time to murder and create, And time […]

I’m often fascinated by the subtleties of the english language. Not only in terms of style and other grammatical structures, but also in terms of the considerable nuance and ‘feel’ afforded by similar words. Take, for instance, ruminating, dwelling, and thinking. Building, Dwelling, Thinking as Heidegger used them, have three different meanings that he binds together in […]

Writing my thesis in 1,000 words or less proved to be a difficult task. Here it is in 1,248. Our world is witnessing changes not seen since the dawn of the last ice age: biodiversity loss, climate shift, increasing intensity of storms and droughts, immense economic inequalities and social upheavals. These challenges are part and […]

“And here he is class! … Ben Small!” A murmur rose from the thirty-odd 8th graders assembled in front of me as I made my way into their classroom. Clutching my camera and notebook to my chest I inched in the door feeling like an awkward biologist suddenly confronted by the organisms supposedly under investigation. […]