The Task at Hand

Perhaps a decoy to draw in the real thing?

Even those whose lives blossom under the heat of a coastal sun can become ambivalent about summer’s realities.

Fireworks over Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Thanks to copious rains, much of Texas no longer is in drought, and fireworks sellers are sprouting up like mushrooms.

A Northern Mockingbird waiting to sing to the sky As much as a bumblebee’s hum, a cicada’s harsh trill, or the whistle of nighthawk wings, the repetitive yet creative cacophony of neighborhood mockingbirds is one of nature’s most recognizable sounds.

Mary Magdalene Discovering the Tomb ~ Herschel Pollard The early Christian practice of risus paschalis – Easter laughter – arose after early church fathers began promoting the view that Jesus’s resurrection represented the ultimate practical joke; played…