Editor’s Note And still, after all this time, The sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.” Look what happens with A love like that, It lights the Whole Sky. Hafiz I’m writing now at the close of the day of this summer’s solstice, which happens to feature the simultaneous arrival of our sun’s… Read more
by Pat Hoertdoerfer Life hangs on a narrative thread. This thread is a braid of stories that inform us about who we are, and where we come from, and where we might go. Christina Baldwin One of the threads of my life came from my Grandma Sophie who lived on a farm in northern Wisconsin…. Read more
by Meg Newhouse “At least two implications flow from our inevitable mortality. First, because we will die, we need to pay attention to how we live. Second, if we care about anyone, we need to think about leaving something of ourselves behind.” Susan Bosek, The Legacy Project In January 2010 I visited the Olduvai Gorge in… Read more
by Connie Goldman Thirty-five years ago at the age of fifty, Connie Goldman was called to be a pioneer and explore the positive aspects of aging. She became aware that the United States culture seemed to be obsessed with staying young and denying the aging process. Her explorations led her into conversations with many… Read more
by Ron Pevny “Please don’t let me die before I’ve had the opportunity to fulfill what I feel called to do.” Lying in that hospital bed, assaulted by waves of fear and bouts of irregular heartbeat, this was the prayer that most frequently arose from the depths of my being. Nothing is more likely to… Read more
Charles Lawrence in conversation with Joseph Jastrab Anyone who’s ever met Charles Lawrence knows that you don’t just meet him; you enter into an experience of him. I rarely encounter anyone who speaks as if each word were his last. Such was the case in my recent conversation with Charles, which precipitated a sense of… Read more
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