This land
The late, great Woody Guthrie wrote his most famous song 85 years ago today: This Land Was Made For You and Me. At the bottom of…
What stories do we need now? redux
I first published this post in September 2020, but the question feels important again: What kind of stories do we need to help us navigate this…
Midwinter mudfest
Winter has receded for now, interrupted by an early snow melt resulting in a festival of mud. The word mud, meaning “moist, soft earth,” can be…
This is not a bell
This is not a cowbell. It is a story wrapped in a linen shirt and carried from the old world into the new. It is origin.…
Bright blessings of the season
Bright blessings of the season to my friends and treasured readers. Thank you for joining me here in this online space. My life is so much…
These are the song-lines I will walk
I wrote this post three years ago, when my world—the whole world—looked so very different. I’m reposting it, slightly revised, because I need a reminder: These…
What kind of stories do we need right now?
Carrie Snyder offers an invitation: Find a sunflower. Hold it in your hands. Ask it a question. Listen to the questions it asks you. Carrie’s sunflower…