Travel Light

beckett.jpgAfter winding through the mountains and along a river on a cantilevered road, I-70 drops into a valley of western Colorado. The area is a surprising strip of green farmland, home to Palisade peaches fed by the Colorado River. My family and I just drove this highway, and I loved seeing the green and growth after lots of browns, rock, and stubby trees.
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Somewhere I Have Never Traveled
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I am currently in the throes of moving across the country, so this will be an abbreviated post. My fiancé has gotten a job in Charlottesville, Virginia, and we are moving there in a week and a half. We are both really excited for the move, despite the fact that neither of us has lived further East than Iowa or Minnesota. In the midst of packing I came across this wonderful poem, which seems fitting for our move to somewhere new and strange. Enjoy!

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Work with Soul: Jae Newman on Getting Lost
doors_among_trees.jpgWe are excited to announce a new interview and blog series called "Work With Soul" that will feature Ruminate contributors. I had the privilege of getting to ask Jae Newman a few questions about his poem "Doors Among Trees" in the most recent issue of Ruminate, his first manuscript, and what it means be lost. 
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Literary Magazines in an Online World

Our friend and fellow Fort Collins editor, Stephanie G'Schwind of the Colorado Review, has just been interviewed in The Huffington Post on the future of literary magazines. It's a great interview called, "What is the Future for Literary Journals in an Online World?" 

Although print costs are very high and online reading is becoming the norm, what we continually hear from our readers is how much they love the creamy paper we use (and it's FSC certified!) and the beautiful graphics and design and artwork.

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Humility
I philhenry.jpgam starting to count "sort-ofs" like I used to count "likes."

What's different this time is that the people using this newer toss-away phrase aren't teenagers, but twenty-somethings, thirty-somethings, and especially academics and pundits.
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Bonds
Eight weeks ago, beckett.jpg I missed my blog post assignment with Ruminate when my son, Beckett, decided to make an early appearance, being born six weeks early. He has been home now for six weeks and is healthy and thriving, but the initial weeks of his life were hectic. 
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