Tirelessly Harvesting Rice by Shahnaz ParvinThe Weight of the Grain
The earth asks for everything. It does not bargain. It takes the sweat of the morning and the ache of the afternoon, returning only what is necessary to survive another cycle. We speak of progress, of machines that hum and turn, but the oldest…
Pigeon Point Light Station by Elizabeth Brown
On a trip to explore the coast of California last year, my husband and I took our time driving south along the Pacific Coast Highway taking in the scenery. While I expected Big Sur to be beautiful, I was just as taken with the beautiful rocky…
The Weight of Stillness
There is a moment before the storm when the air stops moving. It is not a peaceful silence, but a heavy one, as if the earth is holding its breath to see what will happen next. We spend our lives waiting for the sky to break, for the white…