Life requires some measure of practicality, for there are wages to earn and bills to pay and errands to run. But to also dismiss the miracles around us seems a shame.
My neighbor's Chinese elm endured multiple assaults, ever returning to droop over the sidewalk as shade, annoyance, and a reminder of durability ... until it was gone.
Father and son look for connections -- familial and civic -- in Los Angeles. They depend on a shared "moral imagination" that helps them fill the gaps.
The story of the Owens Valley Water War is usually told in the past tense, but it still unfolds today, a century later. And a forthcoming video series intends to bring us all up to speed.
The crosswalk button is a placebo, a signal to higher (computer) powers, and possibly a device with magical properties. It all depends on whether you push or not and where and when.