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• BLOG— A fresh field

  By Audrey HackettDecember 19, 2017

  

  In memory, snow fell all winter those first two years. Our backyard became a closet stuffed with bridal gowns, frothy white forms smothering every bush and tree. I loved the stacked inches atop the clean curves of honeysuckle, and the transformed hemlock, a dark Pegasus spreading white wings.

• BLOG-Shoulder Rub

  By Amy MagnusDecember 17, 2017

  

  Seaworthiness is best tested before lashing ourselves to the mast in the midst of a monster storm.

• BLOG—It’s time to start listening to WOC, y’all

  By Aaron Maurice SaariDecember 14, 2017

  

  Did you know that Browder v. Gayle, the case that legally ended Alabama’s bus segregation laws, had as its plaintiffs four African-American women?

• BLOG— Raven, a reflection

  By Audrey HackettDecember 12, 2017

  

  Raven didn’t speak much about being sick. Instead, she brought my husband, a new friend, into her home studio. Brought out her pulps, her deckles, her tubs of finished papers — some textured, some translucent, some delicately veined like the inside of a wrist.

• BLOG-Winter Comes Early

  By Amy MagnusDecember 10, 2017

  

  Are you ready?

• BLOG—Poor Jerusalem

  By Aaron Maurice SaariDecember 7, 2017

  

  Jerusalem was a backwater town controlled by a Semitic tribe called the Jebusites before King David cast his eyes upon it around 1000 BCE. He saw Jerusalem’s location and natural fortifications as being perfect for a great capital city that could transcended tribal identification and unite the people.

• BLOG-Leaps Over Ruts

  By Amy MagnusDecember 3, 2017

  

  It is not we that pick the tree. The tree picks us.

• BLOG—”America First” is Always Built on Prejudice

  By Aaron Maurice SaariNovember 30, 2017

  

  Once again, the occupier of the Oval Office has engaged in irresponsible behavior that could have a detrimental impact on Muslims here and around the world. 

• BLOG-Oy, Those Oysters

  By Amy MagnusNovember 26, 2017

  

  It is the person we miss and their dear memory that we savor at the holiday table.

• BLOG-Hands at Ready

  By Amy MagnusNovember 19, 2017

  

  Keep those onramps and offramps clear.