by Bill Walz – “The meaning of freedom can never be grasped by the divided mind. If I feel separate from my experience, and from the world, freedom will seem to be the extent to which I can push the world around, and fate the extent to which the worldContinue Reading
The Art of Grace by Sarah L. Kaufman – Grace is a word with many meanings. We may think of grace as effortlessness, as human warmth or divine love, or as an ordinary moment turned extraordinary through a stroke of compassion. In my new book, “The Art of Grace” (W.W.Continue Reading
PEACE by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist – My husband and I celebrated our anniversary by spending a night at the Sourwood Inn. It’s way up a crazy high mountain. The driveway is precipitous. The visit was worth it. This is what I call sanctuary. No T.Vs.Continue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) This film was brought to mind by the recent release of the film Mr. Holmes (see my review this issue) about an elderly Sherlock Holmes. Thirty years ago producer Steven Spielberg and director Barry Levinson concocted this fanciful tale about how Holmes andContinue Reading
