After several consecutive days of rain and grey cloud cover, I looked to the sky this morning and saw dawn break for the first time in what felt to me like weeks. Though I welcome the rain after many weeks of unrelenting heat, there is a certain heavines ...
Long walks, deep talks; sweltering hours, wildflowers; pond dips, trampoline flips; brave leaps, long sleep; big hearts, loud far... — just kidding. Prairie here, trying to play it cool beneath the relentless sun in Northeast Missouri. Last winter, ...
What is your relationship with giving and receiving constructive or critical feedback? What are your thoughts on feminism? Deep breath! Ready… answer! This is Prairie, once again being prompted by the world and its myriad inhabitants to answer a ...
What do I say about BodyTalk? I have woven it in and out of my life for the past eight years. The notion of being without it, and who I might be in its absence, is slightly unnerving. BodyTalk Access, in particular, has been serving me since I was ten ...
I don’t want to do math! I find myself thinking time and again in response to the mere idea of doing it. Yesterday I didn’t want to write this article. Last week I hated making lists and planning. Who knows what won’t strike my fancy tomorrow? P ...
Are you cold? I’m cold, but I’m warming up a little as my village nears the next heat apex of this year’s winter roller coaster. There were abundant sledding parties, game gatherings, frigid nights, welcoming fires, cozy get-togethers, and warm hugs o ...
Being a teenager in a village of inspiring, powerful, knowledgeable people has its perks and quirks. For one thing, I have never before found myself in such a vastly diverse group of people that are so passionate about living their like-minded values, wi ...
Hi friends! Prairie here from the newly frost-strewn planes of northeast Missouri. Prairie having fun in demolition mode, overseen by a sneaky Aurelia. Our twenty-second annual Land Day took place (thankfully) the Saturday before our first freeze o ...
