Benicia Herald Article
Our ability to speak seems so automatic and effortless that we sometimes forget how special languages are. While we marvel at animal instincts, like the flight of birds, wondering how such small bodies and brains can navigate countries, we sometimes forget how amazing we humans are in our instinctual ability to use sounds to convey ideas . . . Read the article
Benicia Herald Article
When I originally wrote the second in the Bob the Bird articles in 1999, the Kansas School Board had voted against evolution. That Board was finally removed in 2006, but now their senior senator, Sam Brownback, raised his hand during the first Republican debate on May 3 to agree that he did not believe in evolution. As Bob might say, “Plus ça change, plus ça reste la même.” Read the article
Benicia Herald Article
In 1999 I was in Sacramento, sitting on a park bench, when a little bird I called Bob jumped onto my arm. Bob seemed to want to share his thoughts, so a series of articles for the Benicia Herald resulted, which was important at the time since the Kansas school board was siding with creationism over evolution. Read the article