Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Fri, 09/19/2014 – 4:12pm I have recently discovered about myself that I have a strange preoccupation with hands. I constantly pick at my fingernails, I tap on desks and I notice peculiarities and distinguishing features of my own and the hands of people around me. Perhaps it is evolutionarily driven […]
A Fertile Foundation
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Thu, 09/11/2014 – 5:15pm I moved to Central Illinois from Southern Maine in late January of this year. I had lived in New England all of my life. There is a culture shock to that kind of move, even if it is within the same country. There are of course […]
Seeing the Horizon
Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Fri, 09/05/2014 – 2:25pm When I lived in Japan in college, I met a Japanese man who said he wanted to come to America to see the horizon. I didn’t really understand what he meant at the time. Living in Tokyo means there are lots of buildings, everywhere, and most […]
Tomato: Art and Agriculture
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Thu, 08/28/2014 – 9:54am The tomato. In my house this week, it is where agriculture meets art. August is that time of year when I, a self proclaimed tomato fanatic, find myself watching the mounds of the sweet juicy fruits in a literal rainbow of colors cover every inch of […]
Life, Liberty, and Seed Libraries
Submitted by Terra Brockman on Fri, 08/22/2014 – 12:51pm In this season of abundance, it’s worth taking a moment to appreciate the fact that just about every vegetable you eat, not to mention grains, started with a seed — a miracle of life inside a hard overcoat. Seed, like life itself, is better when shared. […]
“We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our children”
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Thu, 08/14/2014 – 4:53pm Last weekend, I put in a dedicated effort to explore the cultural landscape of Champaign-Urbana. I attended an annual event called Pecha Kucha night at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts where nine speakers were given seven minutes each to present a speech on a topic […]
