May 1, 2012 | nature & awe
The next part of The Eagle Story is coming right up. (To catch up, there’s Part I, in which—just last week—the Eagle nest fell, and Part II, in which I go back to the beginning of the story, the 2009 babies. Did they ever fly? Did they survive? Then what...
Apr 11, 2012 | 30 Days of Grace
Those mountain people are strong she said, and she smiled as she opened her car door to leave. I smiled, too, and headed for another corner of the parking lot. It was true. It is true. And it’s a connection we share, Kara and I, that transcends the little...
Feb 8, 2012 | ideas & inspiration
Do you believe, as I do, that a wonderful gift of age is the ability to embrace—and celebrate—the things that make us different? It’s something that’s on my mind as I watch my own daughter, now 19, move beyond that overwhelming teenage need to blend and...