Behind the Mask

By Emily Mata   Millennials. The selfie generation. Teenagers. In spite of our many labels, the bond between a generation

By Alex Menter   Each time I log onto Facebook, Instagram, or any other social media platform, I bear witness

By Ellie Davis   This mask-dropping has been a lifetime game. I remember being very little and wondering what my

Fiction, Anonymous   I step out of the car with a lump in my throat, feeling as if I might

By Rev. Shawna Foster   Make sure they have fallen in love with your spirit first. Your body second. –

AIM Nation-in-Distress Signal,  Sacred Stone Camp, North Dakota, 9/2016 Amy Hadden Marsh

By Catherine Masters   “To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.” -Eihei Dogen, “Genjo

By Random Villager   I’ve never had had the experience of being a mother, and I can’t speak for all

By Janet Earley   Until recently, I firmly believed that I was an animal-friendly, trying-to-tread-lightly-on-the-Earth type of middle-aged woman. This

By Maura Alice   Here in the valley almost a year and a half, Gena Buhler, the new executive director