Books are the best gifts to give and get, I say! Indie bookshops — the beacons of light that make our communities more alive — have really hurt in 2020. Let’s do our best to shop there first.When you shop at Bookshop.org a portion of your

The quote “Beauty will save the world” from Dostoevsky’s The Idiot is often misunderstood to mean the surface appeal of things matter most. So long as the world around you looks lovely, the world is alright.Boots on the ground, this idea looks more like recognizing

I’ve dusted off and republished this list of 20 reflection questions for the end of a year for ten years now — almost as old as this blog itself. It’s quite fitting that it’s the penultimate post! Here it is again for you to

Keeping up with my monthly series in 2020 as a slow farewell to AoS, today I’m sharing my final letter to myself in 2010, ten years ago. Though these are to addressed to me, my hope is that you find a just-right smidge of truth, beauty, and goodness.