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After quitting his job on public television last year, David Grant decided to maintain a month of silence. This journal was written during the last two weeks, when he travelled on foot, carrying a petition calling for military disarmament. His only companion was his goat, little Iowa, who carried provisions.
By David GrantAugust 1979In the Zen tradition, a line of succession of Zen Masters is supposed to be linked together by transmission of mind — pure thought transferred from mind to mind with no words. I think that with midwives there is a similar kind of transmission of touch.
By Ina May GaskinJanuary 1979The name “Storybook Farm” came when I was reading to my kids one night, and in the middle of this book, there was a picture of this farm. When I saw the picture I said, “Oh wow, how beautiful! One of these days, we’re going to have a place just like that. A storybook farm.”
By Elizabeth Rose CampbellJanuary 1979Blaze’s five-gaited walk, Spot’s violent death, Tiger’s Mississippi River adventure
By Our ReadersJanuary 1979I rubbed my eyes to clear my vision. I looked closely once again to make sure. I could barely see the tall shape prancing in and out of the traffic. I squinted through the haze and then knew I was seeing what I thought I was seeing. “Yes,” I said to myself, “he thinks he’s a horse.”
By Richard Strozzi-HecklerDecember 1978The cartoon in this selection is available as a PDF only. Click here to download.
By David TerrenoireDecember 1977Personal, political, provocative writing delivered to your doorstep every month—without a single ad.
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