Archives of Inspiration

from the editor: Winter 2025, Rest

I like to think of sleep as a spiritual practice. It asks us to trust that if we allow our desire for control to rest, we will be given what we need, and it will be what is best for us. When we say yes to this, we are taken care of: While we seem […]
2 weeks ago

Going Analog: Finding peace in the release of digital presence

By Elyssa R. Glaus It’s a Friday night, and like many other families, mine is gathered in the den, flipping through the available movies on the different streaming platforms, coming up dry. “Ooh, look for ‘The Hobbit!’” my 10-year-old says. A chorus of agreement ensues, and the search commences. None of our platforms have it […]
2 weeks ago

from the editor: Fall 2025, Collect

My bookshelf is the centerpiece of my home. There it stands in my living room, and it is the deepest compliment when people pay attention to it. I love to buy books because I love to write in them, and also because the physical copies are a visual representation of the invisible: This is what […]
4 months ago

Halfway to Somewhere: A collection of reasons I love gas stations

By Jennifer Goodman There is something about gas stations that is chaotic and strangely comforting in its own eccentric way. A beautiful liminal space, the threshold from where you were and where you are going. It can feel almost otherworldly, like time slips beneath the flicker of fluorescent lights. The glow shows everything in an […]
4 months ago

From the Editor, Summer 2025: Failure

A couple of years ago, one of my friends asked me if I’d ever felt like I’d failed at something. At the time, I honestly couldn’t think of an example from my own life. We got interrupted and never came back to the conversation, but sometimes I still think about that moment and what I […]
7 months ago

Epic Fails: Sometimes, it just doesn’t work out

We’ve all been there: We do something that’s not as graceful as we might have hoped, or something doesn’t turn out the way we imagined it. It happens to the best of us. Here, seven women offer up their embarrassing moments, in solidarity.   On a nice day, I was practicing my cartwheels. Soon, on […]
7 months ago

from the editor, Spring 2025: New

When we first decided on the theme “new” for this Spring 2025 issue, I thought it would be a fun, lighthearted concept to explore. I kept thinking of images of wearing a new dress or buying a new keychain or getting a new haircut (always a gamble). But when we started putting the stories together, […]
10 months ago