vol. 11, num. 15 :: 2012.07.20 — 2012.08.02
There's an infinitely interesting relationship between place and imagination. How has our work, art, leisure, storytelling and eating been shaped by the places in which we live--and how have these activities shaped our places? What about our hopes and fears?
Unearthing the memories of love and loss contained in the family cabin.
A case for a shift in how believers perceive their home.
Preparing for the third annual Huss Future Festival in the middle of a record-breaking drought.
Wrestling with belonging between the lure of two continents.
Comparing perceptions of a struggling hometown shared with John Updike.
Reflecting on the risk not taken, 25 years later.
Oh, the places we have been and the things we have done...
Giving thanks for the opportunity of commuting.
Considering the ripple effects of a formative move in elementary school.
What questions should we be asking of a potential new place ... and perhaps of ourselves?
How a simple ritual became a centering necessity across 15 years and places.
A place is intimately connected with the memory of a grandmother.
A reflection on lives intersecting in unexpected spaces.
Under the influence of urban naturalism, an inner-city neighborhood can be a wonder-full place.
Brook Wilensky-Lanford writes on the insatiable search for the paradise we lost, and keep losing.
Sara Braud on fighting to live in the city before moving back to a small town.
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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