vol. 13, num. 1 :: 2014.01.10 — 2014.01.23
Our annual feast of lists on a wide range of topics, spanning the past year, the past ten years or a lifetime of learning and being.
Ten things I’ve learned about trauma.
Ten things I love about winter.
Things I didn’t accomplish in 2013.
Resolutions and wise words for 2014.
Marking the passing of 2013 by remembering the importance of the ordinary.
Ten grammar lessons for life from a middle school grammar teacher.
Ten movies worth a second look.
Naming the evidence, large and small.
An art director and illustrator speaks to fellow artists from experience.
Ben Irwin responds to the faulty logic that what wealthy people do on a daily basis makes them rich.
Critic Jeffery Overstreet names his favorite films from the past year, with links to reviews.
John Siebert on why he looks forward to peace on earth and being out of a job.
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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