by Caleb Rounds | Dec 24, 2013 | Talk Dirt to Me
Aquatic critters usually produce jelly like eggs. Think frog spawn. A principle adaptation that allowed tetrapods to live on land was the amniotic egg. Tetrapods are the four footed vertebrate animals: platypuses, dogs, birds and even according to some definitions...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 4, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
Words Silences Gentle sunrises Intense sunsets Those days the air brushes cheeks just rightly The climb from Prospect Street up Round Hill Road The sky Feet Floor Legs Teenagers’ hugs Eleven year-old boy’s hugs Kindergartner’s leaps into arms with...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 10, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
The words that really apply this week are “flurry,” “fluster,” and “flummoxed.” As in, I’ve fallen behind—a flurry of emails and to-do’s and such. Meantime, this has me flustered. Add to that the notion that...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 17, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
Family’s such a loaded word. What is it, what does it mean, do you have one, did yours do right by you, do you do right by yours? Add, holidays. Here we are. In preparation, we ran a 5K in support of Safe Passage, along with 5,500 others. There’s something...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 24, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
The spirit of Valley Gives last week blew me away. Our Valley gave over two million dollars in twenty-four hours. That merits something. Applause? Cheers? Awe? Check, check, and check—and then some. The spirit not so much of Christmas proper although it’s...