A journal of art, photography, spirituality, ideas, books, movies, food, poetry & hope
Creative Arts Camp 2024 (Teaching Painted Paper Collage Day 2)
Read moreI overhead someone asking one of my students about my class, and the answer was "fun and exciting!" I...
To Be Like a Tree (Poem by Carrie Newcomer)
Read moreSee how the trees Reach up and outward As if their entire existence Were an elegant gesture of prayer.
What is a Friend? (Quote by C. Raymond Beran)
Read moreA friend? What is a friend? Just one, I repeat, with whom you dare to be yourself."
A Dark Thing Inside the Day ( Poem by Linda Gregg)
Read moreEverything desirable is here already in abundance.
To Not Love is More of a Risk
Read moreLoving is the whole point of life, and to not love is the greatest risk of all.
Steam-fried Cabbage with Poached Salmon (Recipe)
Read moreWant a delicious, one-pan, stove-top dinner, which is quick and easy to make? This good dinner is on the...
Duet (Book Review)
Read moreA goldfinch and a boy learn Chopin, and discover a lot more in the process. A wonderful middle grade...
So Much Happiness (poem by Naomi Shihab Nye)
Read moreSince there is no place large enough to contain so much happiness, you shrug, you raise your hands, and...
From Blossoms (Poem by Li-Young Lee)
Read moreO, to take what we love inside, to carry within us an orchard...
