Have you found yourself silently entreating the wind to go easy on the beautiful fall leaves? Do you…

“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”*Upon first reading…

As we learned from Rilke midweek, you can find beauty and meaning anywhere.Finding beauty and meaning everywhere is…

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Yesterday I spotted a stout man wearing a chainsaw in the backyard. Right before my eyes, without ceremony,…

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While attending the First Annual Des Moines Marble Show, I observed thousands, dare I say millions of marbles.…

I lost my world, my fame, my mind —The Sun appeared, and all the shadows ran.I ran after…