I have just returned from the most amazing 2 weeks at Ragdale in Lake Forest, an artist’s retreat. Never having participated in an artist r...

I have been following the events in Burma/Myanmar for several weeks now. What is unfolding is so disturbing. If anyone has not seen the movi...

Ok, so I have been coming up to the same place in Northern Wisconsin for 33 years....always taken the same walk. How is it that today, Octob...

How the world has changed since September 11, 2001. I wish the leaders of the world could apply the wisdom of compassion to their decision ...

I came across this graffiti in a back alley in Oberlin, Ohio. Hope it stimulates some thoughts and/or discussion. Also, I do hope that for t...

Here is one of my favorite quotes from Heimrich Zimmer.... "The real treasure, that which can put an end to our poverty and all our tri...

by Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune June 15, 2007 The days are long now. The early birds wake you up at some insane hour, yakking away li...