Building Bridges Word by Word

I love words. I love how they can inspire us, challenge us, and help us connect. I created Building Bridges Word by Word to share your stories - so we can discover what we may have in common and begin to build bridges across our divides.

Dennis Huffman is an advisor to Building Bridges Word by Word. He's a facilitator with the Center for Courage and Renewal and recently published "Decolonizing the Park," a book of poems and photographs about invasive plants.

Empath, mother, writer, teacher, librarian, advocate, kindness ambassador. In essence, I love books, technology, writing every day, lengthy conversations, hearing my son laugh and spending quiet time every day being thankful.

Artist & Author of FIELD GUIDES FOR THE CREATIVE JOURNEY; and EACH DAY AS IT COMES. Offering moments of hospitality as we find our way through change.

I'm a retired high school librarian, living on a tree farm in WA state.

I am now according to social science a member of the "old old." I'm ready.

I am a facilitator, leadership coach and author who loves to hike, cook, read, sing, and travel.

Former reporter and editor who now works as a content creator for a 15-branch library district in Oregon. Board president for the Sanctuary One Care Farm.

A maker, a storyteller, an alchemist of ideas. I keep bees—not just for the honey, but for their quiet lessons in order and chaos, sweetness and survival. I create, I explore, and I try to leave behind something worth discovering.

I could have easily titled this “The Monthly Magpie,” a print (Kelsey) publication of my adolescence as Anon E. Moose. But I’m an old anonemoose monk now and the entries come much more often. }:- a.m. [Celtic Lakota Franciscan Sufi Buddhist monk]

I'm an award-winning journalist and writer based in Baltimore. I spent decades asking hard questions about how people live. Now I focus on the question most of us avoid: how do we live well, knowing we will die?

Mark Nepo is a poet, philosopher and a master teacher who has convened circles and guided international retreats for more than 50 years. His #1 NYTimes bestseller, The Book of Awakening, inspired readers and seekers all over the world.