For my first ever guest post, I’d like to introduce you to my wise friend Genesia. At Beyonce…who doesn’t love Beyonce? This amazing lady just turned 30, and let me tell you – she has some things to share. I’ve been trying to get her to do a guest post

The principle of karma dictates that good deeds beget more good deeds (we’re paraphrasing centuries of philosophy here, but you get the idea). As wallets get thinner and demands on our time multiply, it’s easy to forget that doing good is more than just another thing to put on our

Losing a child, or watching one struggle with illness, is without a doubt the hardest experience parents can go through. Thanks to Faith’s Lodge, a retreat nestled among 80 wooded acres in northwestern Wisconsin, they don’t have to do it alone. Since 2007, more than 800 families have made use

A nasty rumor has surfaced in the last few years: The book is dead. Online content and e-readers are more pervasive than ever, but what does the electronic takeover mean for our beloved public libraries? How, in the digital age, can they continue to provide relevant, cost-effective services to a

  Here’s a recommendation: do not consider John Jodzio’s forthcoming book bedtime reading – for your children or for yourself. A Minneapolis son, Jodzio’s new collection of short stories, Get In If You Want to Live, looks at sex-pot bears, chili-loving hookers and what it means to pass a kidney stone

To step into the garage that Jen and Fran Shea have transformed into their studio is to take a step back in time. Copper-stamping plates, moveable type, and brushes litter the space. The smell of ink and paper permeate. And the steady drumbeat of the clamshell press that does their