News from the Forge

Sunrise at Rivercliff, looking over the St. Croix River at Minnesota on the other side. Forget the computer! Two maples on the main drag in...

Mary Carlson and I do an American Gothic harvest pose during a deadline break in the high school newspaper office, circa 1968 I guess there ...

Evening canoeing on Puget Sound is one of my favorite parts of camp Take a week away from worry Worry for another’s scurry Winging along cro...

Climb with me to the stars... aloft to the loft... where dreams coalesce... It’s so important to think about where we need to go, and how be...

A spontaneous parade moves through -- becomes -- the crowd at Victoria's Luminara Festival Summer’s going too fast – I can’t believe ...

What a year for foxgloves! The wonders of nature inspire confidence in miracles I’m convinced that prayer is a most powerful force for heal...

There's gold at the end of the rainbow (this from our deck), but the process of finding it can be chilling My nephew was in a terrorist ...