Hers: Onward

Hers: Onward

There are ways to move onward.   One is in war, pushing forward, never looking to the left or right, mowing down the opposition. Reaching the ultimate goal. Another is moving forward because to stay still is to stagnate, taking the journey as it comes, unsure...

Hers: Moments Gallery

Sometimes life gives you moments that you have to be ready for. Photo 1 It’s odd catching a glimpse of something that you’re sure belongs somewhere else, on the other side of the world, even. A wave of nostalgia followed by the joy of familiarity mixed with the...
His: A Feast of Language #1

His: A Feast of Language #1

For anyone like me who grew up in any Protestant tradition in the Bible Belt, these words were probably among the first you ever heard from the Word. They are probably most popular on January 1st, when millions over-ambitious readers check day one off of their...
Megan Landry: Stills

Megan Landry: Stills

It’s easy to imagine the studio as a playground, and Megan skipping around it in wide-eyed wonder. Carl Jung said “The creative mind plays with what it loves.” That is certainly the feeling you get when listening to Megan Landry’s first full...
Jacob Metcalf: Fjord

Jacob Metcalf: Fjord

One of my favorite things about life, in all of its aspects, is surprises.  The value of pop music is its ability to be immediately familiar, accessible, and comfortably simple.  I’ll warn you now: if you want an album that will not offer surprise, or deviate...
BC Entry 6: Coming Home, Pt. 1

BC Entry 6: Coming Home, Pt. 1

It occurred to me recently that all but three of the contacts in my phone require an area code, and that a good deal of them require a country code as well. To get in contact with someone whose living room I was sitting in four months ago, I have to go through an app,...