On the superb and disarmingly coiled “Cloud” and “A Little Prayer.” ...

To some, silence is now seen as a vice, not a virtue. There’s a new slogan: instead of “silence is golden,” “silence is violence.” Respectful listening is being replaced by harmful rhetoric. I wonder, ...

I got up early the other day and looked outside. The desert stood silent. In the filtered moonlight, the delicate leaves of the palo verde stood as silent and unmoving as the saguaro. I could hear the ...