The Constant Harper

Beasts: how we love them. Love to fear them. Love to hate them. Love to hunt them. Love to tell tales about them.
Since before the dawn of printed words, stories of wild animals whose actions blur the line between species have fascinated humans. To talk to the animals, to know what they think and feel, [...]

I talked to some relatives back East yesterday. They were chipping ice off the driveway, having icicle measuring contests (the unofficial winner: eight feet long), and trying to keep the kids from snowboarding off the roof.
I did my best not to gloat. I didn’t tell them about the camellias blooming at my doorstep. Or the [...]

I have succumbed to “Caprica.”
I didn’t even put up a fight. As a former fan of “Battlestar Galatica,” the smashing Sci-Fi Channel series which set pulses racing with its taiko drums and noir attitude, I didn’t stumble unwittingly upon “Caprica.” I saw the slick ads in The New Yorker. I allowed myself to hope that [...]