Seeing AVATAR

John Lane — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:05:36 -0500

"Did you like AVATAR?" my friends ask when I tell them I finally saw it, the blockbuster James Cameron 3-D film. How could I not? I'm "green" to the core, an environmentalist, and my favorite Bible story as a child was always Eden.

The Mythology of Childhood Weather

John Lane — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:10:41 -0500

Last Friday evening it began snowing about 5 p.m. It fell at a rate of an inch an hour. By nine, four inches of powder covered the yards and roads as the fast-moving storm softened every angle with a shadow of unexpected white. There wasn't even a mention this time of a "wintery mix." We were getting pure snow.

Rates of Change on a World Stage

John Lane — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:46:43 -0500

I'll have to admit that my ideas about change have been moved around a great deal, prompted by flying half-way around the world. What I saw in China created a dramatic contrast to my own backyard.

Barry Lopez at Wofford's Glendale Shoals ES Center

John Lane — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:05:35 -0500