Perspectives

Poetry: Ode to Robert Zimmerman

10 Ways to Use a Library for Creative Inspiration

Relax, rejuvenate, and nurture your imagination between the shelves.

Enough Is Enough

Excerpt from the book More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us.

Beauty in Common Places

Two Poet-Professors Turn a Garden Weed into a Wonder.

Best Books of 2017

Look to these exceptional titles as guidance to navigate your way through the joys and ...

Poetry: Gratitude Pillow

An excerpt from Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners by Naomi Shihab Nye.

5 Ways Music Can Make You a Better Person

Can listening to music change your behavior for the better?

Growing Elder

I thought a lot about Gladys’s comment, secretly hoping I could avoid dying from the head down ...

We Don’t Have to Be Perfect

A lesson learned: be true to yourself and to be grateful for who you are.

Rabbi Rami: Should I Feel Guilty about Being Happy?

Rabbi Rami answers your spiritual questions.

Our Walk in the World: Distributing the Weight

Marketplace - Sep/Oct 2017

Books, services, education and products that are sustainable and environmentally friendly.