Other animals, that is. Of course we humans are compulsive storytellers. We tell stories to entertain ourselves, to explain the world, to heal each other. Sometimes we call the storytelling ritual “therapy.” But because storytelling requires language, and because until … Read More…
Over the weekend I had the good fortune to attend a women’s writing and meditation retreat. I can’t think of anything I would rather have been doing in the first days of the new year than listening to poetry, writing, … Read More…
Let’s get the negatives out of the way first. The movie pits good against evil in a tired old storyline that has less subtlety than a spaghetti western. The postcolonial spin on the tale is that here the indigenous people … Read More…
If I had a near-death experience, I bet it would sound like this: These are students at Goshen College, my alma mater, a private college of about a thousand in northern Indiana. … Read More…
With the eyes of the world on Copenhagen this week, it’s a good time to spotlight resources for teaching about climate change. I mean educating in the broadest sense—spreading the word about climate change and what to do about it, … Read More…
The paper orb was lying on the sidewalk just a few steps from our house. I bent to pick it up. Its texture was of the finest Japanese papers–soft and strong, the waves across its surface as delicate as the … Read More…
Americans like to think of ourselves as some of the happiest people on Earth. We have one of the highest standards of living, we help ourselves to information from anywhere, we enjoy foods from around the world, we can travel … Read More…