40 days of poetry: Day 28: At the Temple of Sinawava by Katherine McDaniel
Day 28: This is a poem I wrote after visiting Zion National Park in the glorious state of Utah. It’s about a place, eerie and beautiful, called the Temple of …
40 days of poetry: Day 27: Ruin and Beauty: Patricia Young
Day 27: Another visit to New York City, Patricia Young‘s Ruin and Beauty. We humans often think of ourselves as separate from nature, but underneath all of our noise and …
40 days of poetry: Day 26: Central Park at Dusk by Sara Teasdale
Day 26, Melanie Shank returns to bring us Central Park at Dusk by Sara Teasdale, a beautiful, short snapshot of Central Park in NYC, a place where you could find …
Quote for Today: Charles de Lint
I do believe in an everyday sort of magic — the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments …
Mysteries, First Set: Views of Seminary Hall, Northeastern State University
Architecture can create layers of mystery and depth in human life by recalling the past. Photography enhances that romance beautifully. This group of photos feature Seminary Hall at Northeastern State University in …
Village of Life-Sized Dolls in Nagoro, Japan, via The Herald Sun
When a village or a city dies, nature takes over. One woman in Japan is attempting to memorialize her village and slow that process. The remote town of Nagoro only …