"Marriage and Other Monuments" by Virginia Pye - book cover.
Books

‘Marriage and Other Monuments’

A review of a novel by Virginia Pye

By Annie Tobey | April 30, 2026
Man outside pondering the Great Mystery of life. By Wavebreakmedia
Perspectives

The ‘Great Mystery’

Cultural collusion, not theft

By Robert C. Koehler | April 20, 2026
A person holds an earthworm in rich soil, for the tyger and the worm
Home & Garden

The Tyger and the Worm

A gardener’s prayer and poem

By Robert Koehler | March 30, 2026
On the musings of the value of life: a child blowing a dandelion as the seeds disperse. By Yuriy Bandrivskuy
History

Musings on the Value of Life

Where does indifference to life begin?

By Robert C. Koehler | June 9, 2025
Thoughtful young man looking out of a window, part of growing up. Image by Rimma Zaytseva
Nostalgia

Growing Up Means Claiming Your Own Mind

Dig, ponder, dig some more

By Robert C. Koehler | March 19, 2025
Dismantling war: A broken nuclear missile with growing flowers for peace. International Day Against Nuclear Tests, August 29. AI generated. Used with article on the sailboat, The Golden Rule
History

Floating for Peace on the ‘Golden Rule’

Historic aphorism, historic sailboat

By Robert C. Koehler | October 14, 2024
Protests from the 1960s, including student protests
History

An Aging Boomer on Student Protests

‘A world under spiritual construction’

By Robert C. Koehler | May 28, 2024
Women in an art studio, image by Seventyfourimages. If you’ve considered returning to a hobby of your youth, you can relate to the question, who can create art? Do you have to be “good” enough?
Perspectives

Are You Good Enough to Create Art?

An aging boomer pondering an age-old question

By Robert Koehler | September 15, 2023
"Oppenheimer" film publicity photo, accompanying essay on Oppenheimer's message on war, by Robert C. Koehler
History

Hearing Oppenheimer’s Message on War

Seven decades later, his words are still relevant

By Robert C. Koehler | July 24, 2023
bumble bees on echinacea, by Youngryand. For environmental column on bumble bees and human greed.
Perspectives

Bumble Bees and Human Greed?

It’s time to stop the ‘insect apocalypse’

By Robert C. Koehler | July 17, 2023

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