Thomas Swann

Thomas Swann recently moved from the flat cornfields of Indiana to the mountains of North Carolina. There he lives and works at The Southern Dharma Retreat Center. His tasks are varied as is the journey of life. He enjoys walking in the hills, reading and writing when time allows. With all the newness around he is just settling in to see what surfaces.

EssaySeptember 12, 2016

We are mirrors born in labor

By Thomas Swann

I grew up knowing only one of my grandfathers. My father’s father worked in the laundry business—hot work with vapors rising even on a…