A little boy threw down the wash towel and refused to wash the dishes. His young father, who probably didn’t like washing dishes, either, said, “OK. If you won’t do the dishes, then you must do something else.” “But, why?” asked the boy. “Why must I do something I...

It was one of those sunny days when you can’t sit still, when something stirs in your belly – in your blood – and you’ve got to get out and do something! The sound of a lawn mower danced on the breeze; the smell of fresh-cut grass and evergreen sap flowing through...

When the chance came to produce a story for public TV, we grabbed it. A half-hour program for animal lovers? Move over, NBC peacock. There’s a new kid shaking his feathers! Public TV (which is a broad term meaning everything from your local cable station to the mighty...