The Silence of First Frost
There is a specific, hushed quality to the first snow of the year. It does not arrive with the clamor of a storm, but rather with a quiet insistence, a blanket drawn over the world while we are busy elsewhere. I often think of how we spend…
A Bee Delicately Extracting Honey by Shahnaz ParvinThe Weight of Small Things
We are taught to look for the grand gestures, the turning of seasons, the collapse of empires. We miss the work that happens in the margins. A life is often measured by the quietest labor—the steady, rhythmic persistence of a creature that…
Summit Lake by Christine Sovig Gilbert
This photograph was taken in August 2010 on Mount Evans in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Mount Evans is one of the handful of Rocky Mountain peaks over 14000 feet where it is actually possible to drive up to the summit. Summit Lake is nearly…