The Constant Harper

I take comfort in geology.
It wasn’t a science in which I excelled. Let’s face it, there is no science in which I excel. However, among the handful of science-like subjects I studied in college, only geology spoke to me. And what it said was: “Don’t worry, be happy.”
Actually, what it said was more like, “There’s [...]

It’s Earth Day, a time when thousands of people who regularly eat at McDonalds, drive SUVs and spray chemicals on their lawns take a moment to reflect on the miraculous planet on which we all depend.
And then the moment passes, and we go back to our spendthrift ways, shopping for stuff we don’t need, and [...]