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Poetry and the pelvic bowl

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Heather

Some say you’re lucky If nothing shatters it. But then you wouldn’t Understand poems or songs, You’d never know Beauty comes from loss. It’s deep inside every person: A tear tinier Than a pearl or thorn. It’s one of the … Continue reading →

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Take me to the river

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Heather

Last week I started rowing again after an eight-month hiatus. It has been pure pleasure, despite the inevitable price of blisters on my baby-soft hands. First, the pleasure of seeing my friends at the dock, including the ducks and C.J. … Continue reading →

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Children of dawn: sin in the twenty-first century

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Heather

Sin is behovely, but all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well. (Julian of Norwich) Sin is our only hope. (Barbara Brown Taylor) The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth. (Georg Christoph … Continue reading →

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Double vision: prophets, tribalism, eugenics, and the environment

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Heather

As I dog-paddle through the sea of books threatening to drown not just me but the overwhelmed shores of my bedside table, I found these sentences: “For those who draw near and offer themselves before God, satisfaction of hunger is … Continue reading →

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The devil’s bargain: on gardening and violence

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Heather

I spent last weekend at the ranch planning a new garden—or, rather, watching our dear friend Glee Ingram, an Austin landscape designer; Steve Diver, a horticulturist with Sustainable Growth Texas; and Robert Selement, Madroño’s redoubtable manager, plan a new garden … Continue reading →

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Carnivorocity

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Heather

Since we’re in the early planning stages for our first Madroño Ranch bison harvest, I’ve been reflecting on issues of carnivorocity, which my spell-checker tells me isn’t a word. It suggests “carnivorousness” instead. But I prefer my neologism because it … Continue reading →

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