by Minerva Rising Contributor | Apr 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
It was a white winter Sunday when we followed the turkey tracks along the bank of a spring-fed stream. As my partner and I trekked the trails of Walla Hi Park we had been diligently following all winter, we decide to deviate from the hiking path. We pointed the...
by Michelle Orr | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
I decided to go for a photo walk on my neighborhood’s walking trails. This was the second picture I took while trying to adjust my camera’s settings. Normally my first few shots are not view worthy–exposure, composition, and aperture are all off as...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Apr 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Do painters overdose on paint? Do bakers tire of flour; do gardeners get sick to death of dirt? I wonder this, as I lie in bed in the early morning, thinking about how I travel through my days gorging on words.We live in a wide, fast-moving torrent, a Columbia, a...
by Kim Brown | Jan 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Something I can never explain, or even fully understand, pulled me back here. – Barbara Kingsolver, Small Wonder When I read that line in Kingsolver’s essay, “Knowing Our Place”, I felt sad. It made me think of Detroit....
