What should make us exceptional is that we never look at another human being and say, “Everyone is welcome at our table...except you.”

A journey of love & hope in the Heart of America via the Lakota perspective on life.

It was the first time a man had shown me love. I didn’t know men could do that.

"If I Had My Life to Live Over." How often do we hear these words? How often do we say them? Why?

- by Scotte Burns I remember waking one winter morning to hope. It was a small one, its wingbeat barely audible above the digital song of...

To the ancient Greeks, teaching and learning were treated as privileges and considered nearly sacred. To later smart folks like Leonardo...

41 years ago, at the tender age of 17, Scotte asked me to marry him. It took me several months to respond, even though I already knew my...

When I was young - shortly after Earth’s surface had cooled and early invertebrates swam the oceans - an occasional item, usually a toy,...

This is especially so if they slumber upon their hoards for too long behind the glass of my corner curio cabinet. Thanks to students over...