Why Neighbor’s Grass is Greener Than Yours
“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” This American proverb, born in the 1920s, was recently discussed by Wolfgang Mieder in “De Proverbio: An Electronic Jou...
Category Archives: Personalities
Man As Endangered Species
“As we know, we are under increasing pressure to choose caring over not caring. We know that caring will involve us in great effort and discomfort and we dread to choose it, but we know too tha...
Loran Whitelock, Cycad King
There I was, waiting at the gate. Waiting for the master gardener to open it. I did not spend my time idly, but rather reflexively snapped pictures of epiphytic staghorn ferns that were hugging the t...
