Knowing where
byKnowing who we are and knowing where we are are intimately linked. Gary Snyder qtd. in Shaping the Sierra
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The public
by the daily asteriskThe nation is a recent innovation. In the Middle Ages, allegiance was owed to the lord, or the city, or both, and by extension…
The price of restoration
by the daily asteriskThere is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls at least…
Willingness to acknowledge
by the daily asteriskAccountability is the willingness to acknowledge that we have participated in creating, through commission or omission, the conditions that we wish to see changed….
To plant is to wait
by the daily asteriskTo plant is to wait. To wonder. To patiently care for fragile plants. It’s often tiresome and tedious. It’s counter to most experiences in…
To be rooted
by the daily asteriskTo be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. It is one of the hardest to define. A human…
Whose story am I missing?
by the daily asteriskWe believe the one who has the power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you…
Asking a better question
by the daily asteriskIf I’ve learned nothing else, I’ve learned this: a question is a powerful thing, a mighty use of words. Questions elicit answers in their…
Dream of roots
by the daily asteriskAmong the great struggles of man—good/evil, reason/unreason, etc.—there is also this mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away, the…
Larger stories
by the daily asteriskI understand the story of my life in such a way that it is part of the history of my family or of this…