Leigh Allen 
If the coreopsis can hold both the ones blooming with color and the ones already fading, all in the same roadside, maybe that’s the more honest picture of how time actually moves through life.
In this reflection inspired by Braiding Sweetgrass, the author explores how a childhood relationship with land can quietly shape a lifelong sense of meaning and belonging. Through memories of walking the woods and creek with a beloved great-aunt, the essay becomes a meditation on attention, inheritance, and the sacredness of learning the language of a place.
In a life filled with unpredictable commitments and constant motion, finding moments of calm can feel nearly impossible. This article explores how brief, practical “micro-meditations” can be woven into everyday routines, offering steadiness and presence even in the busiest of days.
A deeper kind of mindfulness…
Practicing mindfulness amid life’s challenges…
Even in difficult times, perhaps especially, we need wonder and awe…
