Quote for Today: Roy T. Bennett
Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we …
“Chlorine” by Sarah Jane Justice Wins Synkroniciti’s “Present” Short Story Contest
Synkroniciti’s first short story contest award goes to “Chlorine” by Sarah Jane Justice of Adelaide, Australia. “Chlorine” is is the tale of a woman in the hospital after experiencing …
Quote for Today: Fred Rogers
People have said, “Don’t cry” to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is, “I’m too uncomfortable when you show your feelings. Don’t cry.” I’d …
Quote for Today: Ayelet Waldman
I believe that mothers should tell the truth, even—no, especially—when the truth is difficult. It’s always easier, and in the short term can even feel right, to pretend everything is …
Featured Artist: Sarah Jane Justice
Welcome energetic and incisive performance poet Sarah Jane Justice from Adelaide, South Australia. Her video poem, Longing, is an honest, hard-hitting look at how society turns its back on those …
Featured Artist: Maureen McCarthy
Meet Maureen McCarthy, a wonderfully sassy, practical and introspective writer. You might remember her essay about her experience in Barcelona which was featured in our first issue. Maureen uses travel …
Globe-trotting Travel Series: Day 16
Today is the 16th day of our Globe-trotting Travel Series and it features a very famous performer from his home in London via the BBC One World: Together at Home …
Quote for Today: Bonnie Badenoch
It is rather paradoxical for our task-focused self when it isn’t the quality of the practice, but our honest and humble acceptance of the emerging moment, that prepares us for …
Quote for Today: David Brooks
We are called at certain moments to comfort people who are enduring some trauma. Many of us don’t know how to react in such situations, but others do. In the …
Quote for Today: Czeslaw Milosz
The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and …