Spring Cleaning – by Kate Ingram
Soul Matters – April 2023 – published online only
Happy April y’all!
It’s actually March and snowing as I write this, but I’m not buying into the deception. I can see the maple outside my office window […]
Taking the Reins – by Kate Ingram
Soul Matters – March 2023
“Catch the vigorous horse of your mind.” ~Zen saying
I used to ride a wonderful horse named Sampari, or Sam for short. Sammy was an Arabian, which means that Sammy liked to […]
A Lamp, a Lifeboat, a Ladder – by Kate Ingram
Soul Matters – February 2023
“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.” ~ Rumi
I have a shelf on my bookcase fairly devoted […]
Night Vision – by Kate Ingram
Soul Matters – December 2022/January 2023
The other morning, I sat in the pre-dawn darkness on my porch, wrapped up against the cold, staring at the stars. I listened to invisible raccoons running through the trees, […]
In Defense of Melancholy – by Kate Ingram
Soul Matters – November 2022
It is early October as I write, and the weather is sublime. The light is low and the leaves just beginning to change. I love autumn, yet this beautiful season always […]
Endings, Middles, & Beginnings – by Kate Ingram
Soul Matters – October 2022
I’ve been sharing a lot recently about some personal transitions I’m experiencing, but I’m keenly aware that we are all going through major cultural, political, economic and social transitions, writ large. […]
Notes from the Nest – by Kate Ingram
Soul Matters – September 2022
This summer has been a particularly fecund one for birds in my world. We’ve been surrounded by nests of blue jays, robins, and spotted towhees (which I call grackles—I can’t tell […]
The Path Ahead – by Kate Ingram
Soul Matters – June 2022
As I write this, Mother’s Day is here, and as you are reading this, my son, Aidan, will be a newly-minted, high school graduate, tentatively stepping into the beginning practicum of […]
Back to Basics: Lessons from a Little House on the Prairie – By Kate Ingram
Soul Matters – May 2022
As a young girl I loved the Little House book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, which chronicled her life growing up in the 1860s. I read the books innumerable times and […]
Hell in a Handbasket: A Traveler’s Guide to Living in Uncertain Times – by Kate Ingram
Soul Matters – April 2022 – Online-only longer version
Just as spring arrives, just as the pandemic recedes and life begins to look a bit brighter, Vladimir Putin.
Seriously? Two insane years of Covid, massive political and social […]