But the crows tell us what is happening there, what none of us can witness, but what they can see. The crows tell us what they know.
Read MoreWeeks later, shards of a spine appeared at the feet of a woman at low tide. Then, a femur. And a pelvic bone.
Read MoreIt is not communication. It is physics, operating at the scale of biology.
Read MoreUnder stress, the algae jettison themselves from the coral, taking their colorful chloroplasts with them. A ghost town remains, skeletal and pale.
Read MoreIs it my place to protect you, before you can choose?
Read MoreWe all cared because it was inescapable news and the air felt stuffy and smelled like a bonfire.
Read MoreBoxwood has long been used for chess pieces and yard sticks, combs and woodwind instruments. Bagpipes and tuning pegs. And often, it was the wood carved for wood blocks, used to illustrate early books printed with movable type. And so, the etymology. The writing desk, the writing box. Small tablets or surfaces made of hardwood, fine for writing. Early boxes were made of boxwood, built to endure and protect. Suitable for use and re-use.
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