Note: This article first appeared at rabbitroom.com, a fantastic resource for beauty of many kinds. My brother, Orrin Sackett, was big enough to fight bears with a switch. Me, I was the skinny one, tall as Orrin, but no meat to my bones except around the shoulders and arms. The Daybreakers, 1984 The other day […]
The Wild Truth About Coming Home
A deep truth needs time to simmer and grow. It’s rare that we humans ever come to know something as being true and beautiful right at the moment we first see it. And oftentimes, we may never see something for its beauty until long afterwards. But there are certain occasions when realizations come over us […]
Consider the Birds
January has come and gone, and it looks as if February will do the same, rushing by without a thought for the lists of things I planned to tackle in 2019. Time is heartless that way. I make a month’s lesson plans and bask in the glory for three heartbeats before another month comes along […]
What Isaiah Taught Me About Imagination
As I sit to write this, it’s one of those times in the year where everyone is starting to wrap up their old lists of to do’s while looking ahead to what is next. This is true for me as well. One of the largest personal projects I am currently wrapping up is a year […]
My $7 Reading Summer
Recently, I pulled some books out I thought my third grade son would enjoy. Right now he mostly wants to read silly books that are sometimes funny, but otherwise annoying. I am happy he is reading something, but there are so many more stories to explore. So many good stories to be read. When I […]
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