How to Name a Bird
—For J. Drew Lanham 1. Don’t say it. Definitely never it, but instead always who, as in that citrus-bright song throating from the branch—not what is that, but who might that Continue reading
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When Birds Nest in the Doorway, Go Out the Window
ON A DARK NIGHT LAST SPRING, I followed my thirteen-year-old son quietly around our house, climbed a wooden stepladder that straddled our trash barrels, and struggled up behind him through Continue reading
8 Birds to Celebrate 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act
THE SHORE TOWN IN southern New Jersey where I grew up lays in the path of one of the major bird migratory routes of North America. It overlooks Great Egg Harbor, Continue reading
Animal Science vs. Morality: A Look at Aesop’s Fables
AS WE PUT TOGETHER our most recent issue of Orion, one of the texts we studied was Jo Wimpenny’s Aesop’s Animals, a meditation on many of the fables we’ve heard and recited Continue reading
Mystery and Interconnection in the Sculptures of Adrian Arleo
ARTIST ADRIAN ARLEO has been molding magic from clay for over forty years. Her arresting sculpture combines human, animal, and natural imagery to create a kind of emotional and poetic power. It Continue reading