“When a community loses its memory, its members no longer know each other. How can they know each other if they have forgotten or have never learned each other’s stories? If they do not kn… more →
grace gardenwrote 1 day ago: How far away does the death of a child have to be before it ceases to be a tragedy? Next door? … more →
wrote 2 days ago: The new issue of Irish Pages, entitled Memory, has just arrived today. It includes work by Michael L … more →
wrote 2 days ago: This is the third Spring we’ve lived on Loudon Avenue. Our first taught me a gardening lesson: … more →
wrote 3 days ago: Village Church, Cummington, MA May 19, 2013 Karen G. Johnston Candidate for the Unitarian Universali … more →
wrote 4 days ago: Complicity The past 10+ years my wife and I have been involved in (what is typically called) “ … more →
wrote 4 days ago: Whatever is foreseen in joy Must be lived out from day to day. Vision held open in the dark By our t … more →
wrote 4 days ago: I picked up a book at the library a week ago that I find equally inspiring, edifying and appalling. … more →
wrote 5 days ago: Farmers farm for the love of farming. They love to watch and nurture the growth of plants. They love … more →
wrote 5 days ago: If we will have the wisdom to survive, to stand like slow growing trees on a ruined place, renewing, … more →
wrote 6 days ago: The most important thing to balance your mind, body, and spirit and overall well-being is NUTRITION. … more →
wrote 6 days ago: To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight, an … more →
wrote 1 week ago: “When a community loses its memory, its members no longer know each other. How can they know e … more →
wrote 1 week ago: To put things succinctly, study abroad is… pretty awesome. Right? We know how hard it is to di … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Last night, I arrived in Victoria, B.C. greeted by my dear friends. When we departed Toronto, there … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Mornings on the porch Working from home has been a lot like funemployment, only with slightly less t … more →
wrote 1 week ago: I was reading Wendell Berry tonight and felt inspired to write a little. Here is the short poem I wr … more →
wrote 1 week ago: by Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate, 2004-2006 If we haven’t done it ourselves, we’ve known people who … more →
wrote 1 week ago: I meant to post this yesterday for obvious reasons. But with my family leaving town, a Josh Ritter c … more →
wrote 1 week ago: In 1987, Wendell Berry complained in a delightfully grumpy essay that “a number of people” were advi … more →