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Here, There, Everywhere

Home Is Where They'll Lay Me Down
BY MIKE CONNOLY 

In a world of people on the move, family members typically stretch out across nations and continents. Yet every so often, generations come home to the very same place.


Microbial Migrations
BY HILARY FRENCH AND BRIAN HALWEIL

Two million people cross a national boundary every day, and with them travel food, insects, and the bacteria that cause diseases like foot and mouth. So what can we do about it?

Closed Circuit
BY CAROLYN MCCONNELL

These days, cause and effect can span three thousand miles. One flip of a switch by someone who relies on nuclear power can mean big trouble in the beautiful, undervalued Great Basin.


FEATURES

About the Sky
PAINTINGS BY JON SCHUELER

Living on the Rocks
BY PETER MARCHAND

It's time to redefine the dream home. To this man, it incorporates landscape features, recycled materials, independent water and power, and the bedrock of the human spirit.

To Be Honest
BY JEFFREY LOCKWOOD

When your job description is "I kill eight hundred million grasshoppers per year," you've got to find a way to come to terms with the powerful and destructive capacity of entomology.


DEPARTMENTS

From the Editors

Contributors

Letters

The Place Where You Live

Deep Green
Keeper of the Temple Grounds
BY JUDITH LARNER LOWRY

Raritan Letter
Extinction and Blame
BY DAVID EHRENFELD

Poetry
BY DAVID YOUNG

Poetry
BY MARK SULLIVAN AND SUSAN EISENBERG

Poetry
BY GEORGE MOORE AND ROBERT COATS

Coda
Ur-Bird
BY BRUCE BERGER

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