

Women Writing: En-courage-ment
English has so many words for dominion, destruction, and progress, and so few for the intentional holding of transformative space… Here are the words I found today.

Oatmeal, for Eight Voices
I give the jar of rolled oats a skeptical look as I run water into a pan…

The Students Are Back…
This week, my son moves into a dorm at IU—inspiring a variation on the annual townie sigh.