Stories that are part of our lives
Marilyn Nelson read here at Hamline yesterday and, during an informal discussion, said that we can grow our capacity for compassion and empathy by meditating. “We all go to the same silence,” she said.
And we were silent in thinking about those words.
(Note: This party was held March 4, 2017).
Several years ago a long-lost creek in northeast Iowa came back to life. It did so with the help of Mike Osterholm, who acted on a hint and a hunch to add the nearly-forgotten waterway into his efforts to return an old cornfield to the prairie it had once been.
Osterholm’s story is told with loving simplicity in Creekfinding: A True Story, a picture book aimed at ages 4-9. Martin, McGehee and Osterholm will all be on hand this Saturday, March 4, at Prairie Lights for a launch party for the book. [ Read More ]
