To the rain gods: Why? When the Class of 2011 had gotten used to warm, blue-skied Providence springtimes, why bid us farewell with a chilly, rain-soaked April and an even more depressing May? — More ...

Like the dawn chorus, the dusk chorus of garden birds, certainly in my suburban redoubt, is less noisily joyous than it used to be. Simply and sadly, there are fewer songbirds than of old. These lines ...

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