Crocodile Tears

backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes

these are brilliant portraits of a soul in torment with some welcome relief coming in the tales of ‘Aunt Ellen’ and ‘The Miracle of Saint Jubanus’

As we consider how we worship through prayer

Our Greatest Gift is a meditation on dying and caring for the dying and is a classic essay on death and how to die well

Theodore Roosevelt for Nature Lovers: Adventures with America's Great Outdoorsman Science Essays & Commentary Crocodile TearsIn addition to being a politician, frontiersman, and rancher, Roosevelt was an enthusiastic hunter who fought passionately for conservation. He played a significant role in setting aside land for the national parks. He participated in expeditions to benefit the New York Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian, and while in the White House, his children enjoyed the company of a menagerie of ponies, cats, dogs, lizards, rabbits, a macaw, snakes,