The Kindness — and Evil — of Strangers Coyote: “I don’t like leaving people behind. I don’t like people dying in the desert. So I choose people who won’t die. Migrant: “I have no intention of dying.” Coyote: “No one intends to die.” Migrant: “Yes, but I intend not to die.” –“American Dirt”; p. 281. What...Read More
California’s Second Green (er, Gold) Rush Dozing on the couch yesterday with football on, I was listening more than watching the game. But it was the commercials that caught my attention. “Grab some buds!,” the voice over beckoned. No, this wasn’t an ad for legal marijuana in California (yet); it was for Budweiser beer, Anheuser...Read More
