I don’t like to start with a disclaimer, but let me say that I’m inherently an optimist and that I think we’ll get through this Corona-virus experience and get back to “normal”. It might take 6 months or 16 but, as I said, I’m an optimist. Given than I’m stuck at home, however, let me…

“What is the biological basis for perceiving nature as beautiful?” I asked this question of Jim, my daughter’s S.O.. He’s a biologist, soon to receive his PhD in the subject. Our group pondered this for a while as we continued our hike, but didn’t come up with a great answer. We posited that, perhaps, there’s…