This essay was originally published on my new Substack Newsletter... "Oh, what a summer. The planet burns, the oceans boil, and cities..."

Your image of an animal shelter may be many things, depending upon your life experience. You might think of a place for kittens ...

Contemplating the cosmos. When I turn around, I see that the sky has turned orange in the few minutes it took to walk down the road...

It was a fine summer day in 1996 when I drove up to our family's ancient Flynn stone cottage on Farm Road in County Roscommon in Ireland...

Heavy rains last night, all night long. It made me happy, gave me comfort, that the natural world continues on unabated. As I fell asleep..