April 8, 2022 Columns by Jamie Hughes ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay,’ and Thatās OK In the South, we have a tendency to cram words together to create a single gigantic one, a kind of linguistic Pangea, if you will. The one Iāve been using a lot lately is āusetacould,ā a condensed form of the phrases āI used to be able toā and āI once…
August 21, 2020 Columns by Jamie Hughes What’s Haiku With You? I donāt know about you, but most mornings my brain feels like itās full of hyperactive gerbils. This could be my multiple sclerosis, or it could be pandemic brain fog. Either way, I understand that song by The Police in a brand new (and very real) way these…
May 22, 2020 Columns by Jamie Hughes Eugene Peterson and Lessons About Intentional Living The last few months have been interesting for obvious reasons. All of our routines have been toppled over like a stack of blocks, things that were once mundane now feel alien, and getting back to ānormalā (whatever that looks like) still feels as far away as the horizon. But I…
May 8, 2020 Columns by Jamie Hughes How to Release Fear I just turned 42, and though I am wiser and stronger and more independent than I was a few decades ago, not everything is coming up roses. Some days, I feel weak and helpless. Other days, Iām overwhelmed. And thatās just part and parcel of life for every human being…
January 5, 2018 Columns by Jamie Hughes We Are Streams that Sing Wendell Berry, a novelist, poet, farmer and environmental activist, has written a number of superb books. Donāt believe me? Go read “Jayber Crow” and shoot me a message. I would love to discuss it with someone again! As a person who happens to have multiple sclerosis, I…
December 8, 2017 Columns by John Connor Poetic Justice to be a Party Pooper In my angst-ridden teen years, I wrote poetry. It was truly dreadful and should have disappeared in the wash of personal history. Luckily, it was the mid-’70s, and in those pre-internet days, it was committed only in pen to scrappy paper rather than as a confessional to the…
August 1, 2017 Columns by Teresa Wright-Johnson Use the Power of Writing to Lift Yourself, Others The art of writing has been my refuge during some incredibly difficult times. Writing also serves as a vessel to express my joys, life lessons, and messages I wish to share with others. Writing is therapeutic. Expressing myself through prose and poetry allows me to connect with others. It…