News from the Forge

Poet and filmmaker James Broughton wrote a memoir of his first 65 or so years, Coming Unbuttoned . Now I'm working on the Big Joy Proj...

Ten years ago I gave James Broughton this orchid for his 85th birthday. His life partner Joel Singer left it in our care; it hasn't sto...

President-Elect Barack Obama has set a high bar for himself, and for the country. We need it. We deserve it. Though it may be simplistic, ...

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...