Tag: Parks

ALF ORTELIUS, HEAD of the US Geological Survey’s California office, was poring over reports when his senior seismologist, Leith Williams, rapped on the open door of his office. ‘What do you make of this?’ asked Williams, thrusting a series of files with cover sheets pinned to th...

I wake up in the bluing dawn with the ghost of Burnette G. Haskell bent over one side of my cot and the ghost of James J. Martin leaning over the other. It wasn’t either of them who woke me, not when they came through the flap of my tent, nor when they stood silently in the clothing and facial...

Living in a big city can make you dream of grass and open space sometimes. Thankfully, the grass in Dublin is green about 10 months out of the year, and the city has lots of parks for its residents. I have found that each park has a personality that shines through. It may be dictated by where it&...