vol. 7, num. 19 :: 2008.10.24 — 2008.11.07
Some people know what they want to do with their lives at an early age and that desire never changes. Others search their whole lives for vocation and identity. Stories about the certainties, pressures, questions, opportunities, wisdom and mystery encountered on this path.
What folk tales and the biblical narrative have to offer about the process of growing up.
Hopes and reflections for an un-conceived idea.
A tale of disillusionment, for better or worse.
An older self and a younger self in dialogue about (dis)contentment.
On the paradox of aspirations within a family.
On the search for purpose, via the story of playwright Horton Foote.
A unique community combines generations who need one another.
Contribute your stories comparing your childhood ideals with the reality of growing up.
On discovering that the question isn?t really what you want to be when you grow up?
A resigned nurse learns to be still and value a new kind of productivity.
How making a first home can be a re-discovery of self.
The daughter of a damaged Vietnam vet returns to the scene of the crime.
Stories about the pitfalls of knowing just a little bit too little.
Craig Childs writes an autumnal elegy about the migration and habits of deer.
Reflections on the occasion of a not-so-pivotal birthday.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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