Though Bwarenaba Kautu had thoroughly prepared for his recent collaboration with scientists at the University of Cambridge, nothing could have prepared him for the surprise he encountered toward the end of his summer research abroad.
Category Archives: Simple Blessings
Lest We Forget: Holy Family Refugees
Inspiration sometimes comes through the humblest means. For iconographer Kelly Latimore ’09, it came by way of a few words spoken around a campfire. The result—a painting entitled Refugees: La Sagrada Familia—now graces the cover of a new book by Pope Francis.
Shoveling Snow With Gordon Lightfoot
The $15 tickets were too much for our “poor as graduate student” budgets. Still, that night held a hidden treasure.
Wheels
Then he flew north, past where the houses ended . . . past the trailer park and the hill someone said was an Indian burial ground, past places he had known only through a car window . . .
“Prophecies Left Unread” – What the Farm Girl Saw
She was first a farmer’s daughter and then a farmer’s wife. But, in the spaces between . . . she was a dreamer and poet.
Dressed For Success
The boy wore the personal combat histories of men he’d met, men he knew — encircling his waist, covering his shoulders and chest, strapped under his chin and bloused at his boot tops.
Morris Sampler 