past, present, future perfect

wonder | wander | women love our female trailblazers! Rebecca Solnit and Maria Popova of Brain Pickings are among our top contenders.

Both women are omnivores who avidly aggregate their digging and rooting around into beautifully textured and nuanced story telling that captures our attention and fires our imagination.

This is why we love and respect these two icons. When Brain Picking published a review of Hope in the Dark, we were over the moon.

gifts of nature

Earth Day 2020 on April 22 celebrates the 50th anniversary of this holiday. It is now a global event that has been extended into Earth Week. It has grown into a worldwide movement focused protecting the environment and living in harmony with nature.

Sika deer cross a road in Nara, Japan

This year we have all had to stay home either sheltering in place or maintaining social distancing due to COVID-19.

Drawing master: Picasso and paper

'To know what you're going to draw, you have to begin drawing.' - Pablo Picasso

Nude Resting Woman, 1966

palm fronds on Palm Sunday

This Palm Sunday it was a joy to see folks around the world get creative with the palm fronds they put up. Unlike the past years, with current COVID-19 restrictions, most of us chose to self isolate and keep safe.

an Old Testament biblical version

distant socials

It seems like only a little while ago we were looking forward to the clocks moving forward and the sun coming out. Now in isolation, we cherish the times we spent with each other in natural sunlight and fresh air.