Notes from Swannanoa finale: Housing first. Housing now.

After experiencing the challenges of the five months following Helene, I eagerly moved through the kaleidoscopic seasons, observing the early signs of change. I danced in the garden when I found purple dead nettle blooming, and I crowed with delight when the daffodils returned from the underworld.

Review: Just Kitchen

Sprocket Wagner reviews “The Just Kitchen: Invitations to Sustainability, Cooking, Connection, and Celebration” by Derrick Watson and Anna Woofenden, a cookbook that combines recipes with thoughts on faith and justice.

Exalting the Strange

This is the perfect time to acquaint ourselves with the spirit of Lobaria pulmonaria, because it offers a perspective that is refreshingly different – an antidote for this era or perhaps simply a balm to soothe.