vol. 9, num. 13 :: 2010.06.25 — 2010.07.08
Remember the feeling of getting out of school when you were a kid: the complete freedom of endless days with nothing to do except play in the yard? What do you remember most clearly about those days? On our childhood memories, but also what we’d change about the priorities of our adult lives…if we could.
Learning through all five senses at a home away from home.
On lessons learned at that most formative childhood institution: summer camp.
A June's-eye view of what's coming up in the next couple of months.
No more teachers, no more books, no more...peace and quiet? Regular routines? Freedom?
On the unseen variables and pleasant surprises of life's road trips.
A report on a community gathering to explore the role of sustainability in a life of Christian faithfulness.
Transforming a church yard, one blade of grass at a time.
Stores that attempt to bridge the gap of misunderstanding between camp people and non-camp people.
A list of beach reads for NPR-ish types.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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