Essays on the stubborn, luminous work of being human by author Patti Digh.
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Strong Offers / 5 Links to Ponder - Sept 24, 2026
5 Links to Ponder
Annie Dillard, 2016, photo by Raymond Meeks for the New York Times
- “The sun was going, and the world was wrong. The grasses were wrong; they were platinum…. This color has never been seen on earth. The hues wer...
Poetry Wednesday: Poem for Grown Children
Poem for Grown Children
by Kathleen Driskell
In a poem I love, the husband slices open
a pepper to find a church,
but here at the sink I’ve found a house, and
inside, the rattling seeds of a chandelier.
It doesn’t matter. My...
Be Relentless, the calendar told me.
The grave where Barbara Jane Mackle was found alive after 83 hours underground in a makeshift coffin.
The first thing you need to know is that I am severely claustrophobic.
I blame this on a news story from 1968 about a young college stud...
Strong Offers / 5 Links to Ponder - Sept 17, 2026
My Strong Offers and Five Links to Ponder didn’t publish on Thursday of this week because I was away, so I am including them here, now.
5 Links to Ponder
- “Octogenarian Dancer,” was created by 83-year-old artist Yvonne Crossley...
Oh Great God Dammit
His reputation always preceded him. Widely regarded as brilliant and sometimes difficult.
I had been asked to give a keynote talk at a conference in Melbourne, Australia. Charles Hampden-Turner was the opening keynote speaker; I was the cl...
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Author of Life is a Verb and seven other books. Teacher of writing and social justice educator. Keynote speaker. Likes lemon desserts. Sometimes cranky. Cares about animals. Plant-based eater. Pronounced like "sigh" with a "d."
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