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Gratitude Is More Than Thank You
Gratitude is so much more than a polite “thank you.” It is the thread that connects us in a deep relationship, simultaneously...
To Find Something, Don't Look For It
Between takeoff and landing, we are each in suspended animation, a pause between chapters of our lives. When we stare out the window into...
Uniform Corn-Rows In High-Tech Isolation
I live in the lush green farm country of upstate New York, in a town that likely has more cows than people. Most everyone I know grows...
Planting Twin Trees
There was a custom in the mid-eighteen hundreds of planting twin trees to celebrate a marriage and the starting of a home. The stance of...
Returning the Gift
In the teachings of my Potawatomi ancestors, responsibilities and gifts are understood as two sides of the same coin. The possession of a...