Articles written by Janet Kurtz
March On: A People’s Journey through Time
March 2, 2022
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The snow rose in piles over the edge of the hill before sloping down to the frozen Mississippi River. We snowshoed along a narrow path ...
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The Enchantment of ENCANTO
February 16, 2022
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Early February morning pinks and lavenders outline the clouds in the eastern sky before exposing a tree line, then the frozen garden, and snowshoe paths ...
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Braiding Sweetgrass
January 10, 2022
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Braiding Sweetgrass is a book making the rounds these days with good reason. Author Robin Wall Kimmerer writes poetically from her spirit and theoretically, as ...
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La Acostada and La Levantada
December 8, 2021
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Dusk fell on the houses in thebarrio situated near Saltillo’s center. Christmas lights were hung on the artificial pine in the sala and draped across ...
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Thanksgiving: Changing Perspectives
November 16, 2021
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I am a person of the north – a four season type of person. Last month, I was enjoying the extended fall of glorious color ...
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Muertos
October 16, 2021
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If it weren’t staying darker in the morning and getting darker earlier in the evening, it would be difficult to guess that these seventy degree ...
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Today is that Someday
September 8, 2021
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Today is the day I’m going to learn how to type while in my hammock. I see no reason to spend another minute inside the ...
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My “PEN” Pal, Ana: Reflections on Freedom
July 12, 2021
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Sister Donna was in her late eighties, intentionally untying herself from her many duties, when she approached me that day. Since I knew Spanish, would ...
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Cicadas Are Back
June 9, 2021
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And what a timely moment for their return! If you listen to NPR, you’ve heard a few newsy notes on the return of the cicadas, ...
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