Crooked Hallelujah / Kelli Jo Ford / Grove Press / Hardcover $26.00 (304pp) / 978-0-8021-4912-1 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Three troubled but tough generations of women, all molded and... Read More

Humans too often view the earth and its plant and animal inhabitants with rapacious eyes, a what-can-you-do-for-me attitude that has laid waste to minerals, fossil fuels, water sources, and anything living that might be eaten, smoked,... Read More

“no one leaves home unless home chases you … you have to understand, / that no one puts their children in a boat / unless the water is safer than the land.“ / These words of Warsan Shire, a Somali-British poet and former Young Poet... Read More

We have presidents Nixon and Clinton to thank for popularizing the maxim “it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up” in their bumbling efforts not to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about misdeeds. And... Read More

Considering how long homosapiens have lived on this planet, one would expect us to be better at keeping ourselves alive. Instead, we ride roller coasters, dive with sharks, jump from planes, and eat deep-fried butter. As much as we... Read More

My new granddaughter from Park City, Utah, left last night after a week long staycation with us, meeting her extended family at our cottage. In her eleventh week, Rosemary is heart stoppingly precious, but what I grew to find most... Read More

Religious leaders have long held respected positions at the community table. As people of God, they are revered for providing moral clarity, guidance in times of strife and calamity, compassion at death beds and end of life ceremonies,... Read More

Dinosaur Lady / The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist / Linda SkeersMarta Álvarez Miguéns, illustrator / Sourcebooks Kids / Hardcover $17.99 (40pp) / 978-1-72820-951-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound),... Read More