In 2024, more than 77 million Americans elected an old man to be their president again, so it should not shock anyone to hear that the 78-year-old Trump will take his oath — Trump and oath, quite the joke! — indoors because of the weather forecast. As we get older, the cold seems colder. So … Continue reading JFK’s very cold inauguration, Robert Frost’s regrettable poem
Robert Frost and Climate Change: ‘Who do we think we are?’
After discovering a Robert Frost poem from 1921, "On a Tree Fallen Across A Road," it struck me that the poet probably never heard much about climate change. Respecting or fearing the tempest is as old as the human race. But nature forever altered and angered by an industrialized human race -- what we call … Continue reading Robert Frost and Climate Change: ‘Who do we think we are?’
Lilacs bloom, and here we are
The lilacs have bloomed.Lovers dance and poets swoon.Odes to spring and all that.But we muffle our groans,We defer to the sun.We surrender to the day,The lilacs have bloomed,And who are we to say?Would we have it any other way?"God love us and save us,"My mother, Rose, used to say.The lilacs have bloomed,And here we are, … Continue reading Lilacs bloom, and here we are
Dan Rodricks 