Anxiety and the Rustic Aesthetic
> “My subject is the transition from one reality to another: . . . the demise of a
rural culture and the emergence of something that is beyond suburban. . . . I
will neither lament the passing of
Humanity
Creating Family
A few days ago, I stumbled across an obscure online chatroom. I’m still there.
Right now, there are ten people online, 6 or 10 or 12 short of the usual. We’re
At the School of Transparency
Early in July, I arrived at Cedarville University, a Baptist liberal arts
college near Xenia, Ohio, in the middle of the night. The large brick campus,
built sprawlingly as if it had infinite
Here
That land was beautiful with its dry skies and cobbled streets. If I close my
eyes, I can still smell its dusty breeze, and when I open them, I imagine
looking out over
The Architecture of Hope
My husband and I watch a lot of HGTV. We predict whether homeowners will Love
It
or List It [http://www.hgtv.com/love-it-or-list-it/show/index.html]; we marvel
at the amount of