O is for Optimism
“Then he began to make it his. It was very beautiful because it wasn’t hurried and it was no longer
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Six Ways to Stretch Time
“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.” – Henry David Thoreau
Here in the Pacific Northwest the tree-leaves that
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Resources for Election Day
“The time has come, God knows, for us to examine ourselves, but we can only do this if we are willing
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In Defense of “Aimless” Learning
(This is an installment of CommonSensical.)
Envisioning and designing the University of Virginia in his later years, Thomas Jefferson imagined a
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What We Worship
(This is an installment of CommonSensical.)
David Foster Wallace, a talented fiction writer and essayist, died tragically a few weeks ago
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Five Ways to Have Less and Enjoy More
(The following is a post from Sara, author of the always thoughtful blog, On Simplicity. We quite like Sara’s practical
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Working Without Working
“When I do [my] first draft, I shut the lights off and pull a stocking cap over my head and
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Soul School
(This is an installment of CommonSensical.)
The odds were against John Keats from the beginning. Orphaned as a small child, he
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The Elements of (Life)Style
A slim sourcebook for writers, The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E.B. White is a veritable classic, thoroughly instructive
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Dogs & Dolphins
It’s a joy to present the Second Place Winner in our Soul Shelter First-Person Essay Award. Writer Yuvi Zalkow receives $500 for
