The trill of skylarks and stirrings of new life in the dead land – spring has arrived (The Observer, 27 Mar 2011, Page 33)

Something for the river pagan in us all.

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The trill of skylarks and stirrings of new life in the dead land – spring has arrived
Rob Penn is the author of It’s All About the Bike: the Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels (Particular Books).
The Observer
27 Mar 2011

Winter was very long in the Black Mountains. We’ve been embattled by the weather since snow fell in late November and the temperature hit –15C. I’m not expecting a campaign medal. I can’t remember anticipating spring so eagerly, though. There is no...read more...

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Lust for longer lives -- a good thing? (The Washington Post, 01 Mar 2011, Page E3)

If life is good, is more of it better? In what sense?

I'm inclined to agree that life is good, my own life in particular, and this attitude seems to be one of the defining aspects of being a living entity. However life also has its natural limits -- 'man is mortal' -- and there's only so much love lost between individual life forms.

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How long can we live
— Rachel Saslow
The Washington Post
01 Mar 2011

“LONG FOR THIS WORLD: THE STRANGE SCIENCE OF IMMORTALITY” (ECCO, $15.99) Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jonathan Weiner takes on the science of aging in his 2010 book “Long for This World,” now available in paperback. The primary protagonist is Aubrey...read more...

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