Click here to read the entirety of Swick’s find essay “Photo book can reveal places, but not experiences there.”
Journeys don’t spare us; they drag us through the raw on our way to the sublime.
–Thomas Swick, travel editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
I’ve been harvesting my journals this week. One of the fruits of my harvest is this series of Riehlife contemplations which I hope you’ll enjoy and use:
–for cultivating your own contemplations.
–for starting conversations with loved ones and friends.
–for prompting your writing.
What are your foul weather blue sky gifts?
What does your writing/safe haven burrow look like?
What […]
Paul Norden sent these photos and this message from Chicago.
Tibetan woman waves Tibetan flag in Chicago Tibet Peace March (Photo by Paul Norden)
Over 800 Tibetans marched in Chicago on Tuesday, March 18. They came from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and Illinois. The line peacefully ran from the Water Tower up Michigan Ave over 3 city blocks […]
Click here to view YouTube video of Obama’s powerful speech on race and politics in America: “A More Perfect Union.”
Click here to read entire text of Obama’s speech on race on politics in America delivered in Philadelphia, March 18, 2008.
In my view, this speech will go down in history as a classic speech in American […]
The world flashes by as we touch the ground. I’ve been to L. A. by car and by train before, but this is my first time to fly in. My conversation with an IT consultant from Southern India on migration, culture, and history mingles with the site of green, tiny flowers on the airstrip, and […]
“It is the most unique hotel in America. It’s a monastery, a museum, a fine hotel, a home, a boardinghouse, a mission, an art gallery and an aviator’s shrine. It combines the best features of all of the above. If you are ever in any part of California, don’t miss the famous Mission Inn […]
Courtesy of the Obama family
Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro with son Barack in Hawaii.
I’m in love this morning with Janny Scott’s NY Times profile “A Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Set Obama’s Path” which so delicately traces the “unconventional life of Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro, the parent who most shaped Mr. Obama”.
A Mother’s Influence is part of […]
If you want in-depth information on one of the most important issues facing the American economy today, read this article on mortgage lending in the SSRN’s Working Paper Series, co-written by ELIZABETH RENUART and my niece DIANE E. THOMPSON.
ORGANIZATION:
Social Science Research Network: Tomorrow’s Research Today
TITLE:
“The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth: Fulfilling […]
Go to either the Women Writing the West blog or the Independent Authors Guild Blog to read my take on blogging basics.
It’s easy to get started, but it takes passion to stay going. Mission drives your blog to stay the course.
This post on these two blogs for two writing organizations I belong to are adapted […]
A.C.E. Hal Manogue’s TM (Aware Connected Energy)
For those Riehlife and Community of the Land (Susan Tweit’s blog) readers who’ve been intrigued by our Blog Duet on the theme of Regenerative Design/Living, hop on over to Hal Manogue’s “Living a Non-Ordinary Life in a Non Ordinary Way” for a thoughtful essay that expands this dialogue. […]
