“There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it

Months ago I was working slowly through some photo albums, a tumble of memories stashed in my basement since my parents died. It’s been difficult

Twenty miles outside town, out among corn fields and orchards, we find the driveway marked by an unassuming sign: Plainsong Farm. As we pull in

Tuesday was my first day back teaching after nine months away. I was on sabbatical last semester, so I missed all the drama my poor

Guest blogger and advice columnist Pious Petunia has been muddling along amid the pandemic like the rest of us. Here she gathers a little quarantine-related

When it comes to communing with other creatures, I’m not a very promising candidate. I talk to plants all the time, encouraging my flowers to

I’ve planted two baby trees so far this summer, a tamarack and a burr oak. Actually, I arranged for their planting and then stood by

Let them praaaaaaaaises give Jehovah,For his name alone is high,And his gloooooory is exalted, And his glooooory is exalted,And his GLOOOOOOORY is exalted,Far above the

As we arrived at the marina last Saturday, a gloriously perfect day, I told Trevor that I wanted to learn all the nautical lingo. Trevor