Palestinian Narnia

Every college freshman is warned against cribbing from the Internet, but I’ve done exactly that. I’ve gone to the cloud to get the standard definition of “nature writing.”

After ten years away the old ground looked about the same. Exposed bedrock of red sandstone and limestone, juniper-piñon woodlands. Oak brush, pads of prickly pear, claret cup and hedgehog cactus with their explosive yellow blossoms.

I loved the first season of Survivor. We watched it, I think, when Graham was barely five. It was about the time we forced marched him along the Wissahickon Creek. Maybe we’d just moved to Philadelphia, or maybe we were in Belchertown. Anyhow, it was exciting to see people who would never choose to be