The Art of Giving by Greg Vineyard In the design field, “resolution” has everything to do with clarity. In physics, “revolution” is about cycles and movement. At the end of each year, there is great focus on New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve written in the past about my belief that everyContinue Reading
Winter Light by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist We are in the time of Phos hilaron, gracious light. Evening’s phosphorescence through skeletal trees arrives around 5:15. This light stuns, dazzles, illuminates. Do I love the day’s first light, or last light best? I can’t choose. I doContinue Reading
by Max Hammonds, MD Ebola is only the latest infectious disease to make its appearance in the news. Previously there was SARS, MERS, swine flu, and bird flu. All of these viral diseases occurred in third world settings and caused considerable panic until each in its turn dwindled away andContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “The moment between before and after is called Truth or Buddha’s world. We don’t know what it is but we are there. Our life is completely embraced by this… It is the original nature of the self.” ~ Dainin Katagiri See if you can feel what itContinue Reading
Because the general store was open every day of the week, Mr. and Mrs. Storekeep had two home addresses. by Peter Loewer One was the pleasant apartment above the store that made getting to and from work especially easy. The second allowed an occasional escape from the vicissitudes of retailContinue Reading
by Peter Loewer Last week, the biggest rain ever fell on the General Store. The wind whipped around the corners of every home, cottage, or business, yet nothing quite measured up to the entry of Curmudgeon on this beautiful fall day when the leaves were turning (not to the perfectionContinue Reading
by James Cassara As fall beckons there’s been a surplus of new and worthwhile releases. I cannot cover them all here so be sure to go to Rapid River Magazine’s website for more reviews, posted intermittently between print issues. Bonnie “Prince” Billy Singers Grave – A Sea of Tongues DragContinue Reading
Bravo Soulspeak! by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist Soulspeak was happening at The Rainbow Mountain School auditorium on State St. the last Saturday of September. There were too many empty seats! Where were you? This is a wonderful new venue for the Word. Congratulations to the schoolContinue Reading
Different Ways of Thinking by Greg Vineyard In a recent discussion, I proposed a food analogy for different ways individuals process information. I got to thinking about buffets and desserts. Layer cake in particular came to mind, because it is stratified, and demonstrates linear thought. It is intended to exemplifyContinue Reading
