40 days of poetry: Day 21: Shaking the Grass: Janice N. Harrington
Day 21: Our poem is Shaking the Grass by Janice N. Harrington. It relates a simple experience of laying in the grass. Experiences that we take for granted, that don’t …
Quote for Today: Alexander McCall Smith
Regular maps have few surprises: their contour lines reveal where the Andes are, and are reasonably clear. More precious, though, are the unpublished maps we make ourselves, of our city, …
Quote for Today: Cormac McCarthy
Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in …
40 days of poetry: Day 10: Drumming by Katherine McDaniel
In response to the Covid-19 outbreak around the globe, Synkroniciti will be posting a video of a poem every day for forty days. If you would like to participate, please …
Quote for Today: Robert Macfarlane
On almost every front, we have begun a turning away from a felt relationship with the natural world. The blinding of the stars is only one aspect of this retreat …
40 Days of Poetry: Day 4: The Waking by Theodore Roethke
In response to the Covid-19 outbreak around the globe, Synkroniciti will be posting a video of a poem every day for forty days. If you would like to participate, please …
Quote for Today: Richard Preston
When you get up into the crown of a redwood tree, you lose sight of the ground entirely. You also lose sight of the sky. You’re in a lost world. …
Quote for Today: Michael Meade
There will always be the facts of life to contend with, and there are times when the facts can become overwhelming. Yet, there is a poem at the heart of …
Quote for Today: Margery Williams
“It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or …
Quote for Today: Steven Pressfield
If you find yourself criticizing other people, you’re probably doing it out of Resistance. When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we …