Nothing can be changed
Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin “As Much Truth as One…
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Canada’s vast, interconnected and stunningly beautiful waterways
Last week we published a link to John Lavey’s watershed map of the United States. Topology Essay Curator Henry Bakker just came across this beautiful…
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Home/Work
Three Rivers, Michigan (September 2015) Late afternoon sunlight slanted across the carpet and ran up the worn wood of the desk. I could feel…
Read MoreI want justice
I can’t stand your religious meetings. I’m fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your…
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Melancholy Christmas
We moved to Three Rivers, Michigan, 13 years ago during a snowy winter to live in a cottage on Pleasant Lake. The cold arrived…
Read MoreThe opposite of dreaming
When you get bleak about things and think, Gosh, is there an end to this? Yeah, there is, it just takes lots of work,…
Read MorePermanent, unceasing
At the present day, civilized opinion is a curious mental mixture. The military instincts and ideals are as strong as ever, but they are…
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A good life
Three Rivers, Michigan (2015) My mom had asked me to take a photo of my grandparents with my sister, who was visiting our family…
Read MoreWage peace
Wage peace with your breath. Breathe in firemen and rubble, breathe out whole buildings and flocks of red wing blackbirds. Breathe in terrorists and…
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In defense of details
Until several years ago, almost everything I knew about farming I learned from the Little House books. The Ingalls family saga was the beloved…
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