Poetry
Poetry
Shining the Light of Poetry: Naomi Shihab Nye
Meeting Your Favorite Poet: Naomi Shihab Nye There she is. I know that voice. I’ve heard it through a tiny, [...]
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Poetry
Defining Success: My Fight with a Stranger in Paradise
So there we were in San Juan, having recently arrived in Puerto Rico to attend the wedding of our former [...]
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Poetry
A New Soul and New Eyes
A new year is upon us. This means something unique for everyone - for some it's the start of tax [...]
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The Power of Beautiful Words
Two and a half years ago, I made the somewhat obscure decision to buy a collection of hand-lettered items from a [...]
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Living into the Tension
Today I signed up for open studio week at Lillstreet Art Center and started throwing pots again for the first time [...]
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Room at the Table with Carrie Newcomer
I was lucky enough to see the prairie mystic Carrie Newcomer in concert last night at Old Town School of Folk Music. [...]
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What Do You Want to Remember?
The poet William Stafford asks the following in his beloved poem, "You Reading This, Be Ready": Starting here, what do [...]
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On Sabbatical: Finding My Hidden Self
In the pursuit of reclaiming my life, I’ve spent the last six months on sabbatical filling my days with travel [...]
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Why I Quit My Job: the Quest for Vocation
Climbing from a part-time retail sales associate to the Sr. Director of Business Intelligence and Logistics as our company grew from four [...]
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Amtrak: Camaraderie in Suspended Time
I am lucky to have this season of life to slow down and take in my surroundings. I took my first [...]
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Pause
There is so much around us. I've been contemplating these words as I drive across the beautiful midwest on trips [...]
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