Camping had always been a means to an end for me, a way to get close enough to the wild to facilitate sightseeing and hiking, a way to escape the secular reality of everyday. But that all changed the day Ryan, Jenifer, and I set our tent at the northern tip of Cape...
My girlfriend Amy and I spent a sunny March day sightseeing in northern Connecticut. We had taken numerous photographs of remarkable trees, such as the famous Pinchot sycamore, and visited Ender’s Falls in the pine forests of the Tunxis hills. Then, after a day of...
During the Long Day Over the Sacred Night Connecticut February 2011 A Poem and Journal Entry Excerpt from Fleeting Moments of Fierce Clarity: Journal of a New England Poet Like everyone, I have, at one time or another, lost who I am in the relationship I am in. From...
Cosmosophia: Cosmology, Mysticism and the Birth of A New Myth by Theodore Richards will be the first title released by Hiraeth Press in 2011, beginning what will be a landmark year for our burgeoning Press. Recently Richards was interviewed by L.M. Browning concerning...
An Ecology of Interfaith: A Biological Argument for the Necessity of Diversity by Theodore Richards Diversity is a word we hear all the time. Generally, in our society, it is considered a “good” thing, perhaps even a “value”, particularly among liberals. But...
To understand more about The Chicago Wisdom Project and the work to radically re-imagine education, please read the short piece below on one of the fundamental questions asked in what we call “Wisdom Education”: Who Am I? Below that, you will also find a short film...