I sense that striving for wholeness is, increasingly, a countercultural goal, as fragmented people make for better consumers.

Wariness about change is a kind of prairie wisdom.

Pay close attention to objects, events and natural phenomenon that would otherwise get chewed up in the daily grind.

I sense that striving for wholeness is, increasingly, a countercultural goal, as fragmented people make for better consumers.

Peace - that was the other name for home.

To be an American is to move on, as if we could outrun change. To attach oneself to place is to surrender to it, and suffer with it.

I was taught that I had to 'master' subjects. But who can 'master' beauty, or peace, or joy?