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Category: Essays/Poetry

The Living Universe Story, Part Four

The Living Universe Story, Part Four

Posted on April 20, 2026April 20, 2026 by Post Contributor

To participate consciously in aligning our stories and institutions with the deeper now unfolding story of integral spirit cosmology is, I believe, the great calling of our time.

Posted in Essays/Poetry
The Living Universe Story, Part Three

The Living Universe Story, Part Three

Posted on April 17, 2026April 20, 2026 by David Korten

The stories we tell our children today will shape the institutions they participate in creating and inherit tomorrow…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
The Living Universe Story, Part Two

The Living Universe Story, Part Two

Posted on April 16, 2026April 17, 2026 by David Korten

Thomas Berry captured this when he wrote that “the human is the universe reflecting on itself…”

Posted in Essays/Poetry

The Living Universe Story, Part One

Posted on April 15, 2026April 16, 2026 by David Korten

These ancient stories did not deny conflict or suffering. They acknowledged the human capacity for violence and excess…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Fifteen

EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Fifteen

Posted on April 10, 2026April 20, 2026 by DC Duncan

“Hell, if it wasn’t for music, I wouldn’t have no friends at all…”

Posted in Essays/Poetry
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Fourteen

EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Fourteen

Posted on April 3, 2026April 10, 2026 by DC Duncan

She was an accomplished singer/songwriter from Texas who played keyboards. I had heard the name, Dee Moeller, in Dallas…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
BORDERLANDS HEALTH: When Silence Ends, What Comes Next?

BORDERLANDS HEALTH: When Silence Ends, What Comes Next?

Posted on March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 by Rosa Chavez

Chairs will be set close enough for people to see one another, but with space for those who need it….

Posted in Essays/Poetry
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Thirteen

EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Thirteen

Posted on March 27, 2026April 6, 2026 by DC Duncan

I had set about to create an album of original songs about my adventures in Panama…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

45 DEGREES NORTH: A Few Tips About Rural Restaurants

Posted on March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 by The Daily Yonder

Not every meal comes with a floor show like Porky put on. But every place has its quirks…

Posted in Essays/Poetry, Video
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Twelve

EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Twelve

Posted on March 20, 2026March 27, 2026 by DC Duncan

The band consisted of Jimmy Russell the ‘Love Muscle,’ lead vocals, keys and flute; the amazing Terry Diers on guitar and vocals…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
ESSAY: 'Suddenly Amish' Takes Rural Reality TV to the Extreme

ESSAY: ‘Suddenly Amish’ Takes Rural Reality TV to the Extreme

Posted on March 19, 2026March 19, 2026 by The Daily Yonder

Notably, the Amish reality TV sub-genre inherently targets a community that can’t fight back…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

Colorado Convenes Its Constitutional Convention, March 13, 1876

Posted on March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 by Colorado Newsline

“We have endeavored to take a middle ground, believing it to be more safe, and in the end that it will give more general satisfaction…”

Posted in Essays/Poetry
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Eleven

EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Eleven

Posted on March 13, 2026April 6, 2026 by DC Duncan

And now… I was with the Family Lotus on the road to Taos. What a delightful coincidence…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
INTERVIEW: The Decline of Religious Participation in America

INTERVIEW: The Decline of Religious Participation in America

Posted on March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 by The Daily Yonder

“I didn’t just see it in the spreadsheet, I saw from the pulpit on Sunday for 18 years…”

Posted in Essays/Poetry
Colorado Constitutional Debates in 1876 Foreshadowed Populist Backlash Against Railroads

Colorado Constitutional Debates in 1876 Foreshadowed Populist Backlash Against Railroads

Posted on March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 by Colorado Newsline

“The effects of evils to which we have briefly adverted are already apparent — in stagnation of business, the difficulty of collection, the collapse of private enterprises…”

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: A Rural Calling

Posted on March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 by The Daily Yonder

“We recognized that, actually, our lives are richer for working with people whom we had previously written off…”

Posted in Essays/Poetry
THE DAILY YONDER: Mud Season

THE DAILY YONDER: Mud Season

Posted on February 27, 2026February 27, 2026 by The Daily Yonder

In past years, I actually looked forward to mud season because it brought friends out of hibernation and into the woods…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: Bad Bunny, at Halftime

Posted on February 24, 2026February 24, 2026 by Post Contributor

Maybe nothing flipped overnight. Maybe hardened partisans didn’t suddenly renounce their politics. What happened was subtler — and more powerful…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
Ancient Sky, Ancient Wisdom

Ancient Sky, Ancient Wisdom

Posted on February 23, 2026February 23, 2026 by Post Contributor

The sky loomed large for early Native Americans, and its cyclical changes were cause for connection, awe, and ceremony…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
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