Abundant Life in the Atlantic

To me, abundance is often reflected in variety and, oh, the variety of people who come to this island from all over the world!

An Abundance of Light

In our time of digital precision and distraction, with our constant obsession toward optimization, the sanity of my soul hangs on a move away from the measurement of time as my metric for...

Poetry

Transition of the Leaves it is evening the brass dinner bell has already been rung and my mother has brought out the porcelain embossed bounty she promised me. the fireflies lay dying and...

Cabbagery

Robin and Walter laughed at the sight of boyish Luther Sturdivant, the sole heir to the cabbage kingdom, in his purple shirt darting about his purple cabbage farm in his purple golf cart.

First Fruits Farm

The Browns have gone through times of both abundance and scarcity during their years on the farm, but they’ve never given up their mission of helping the hungry.

A Place for Ivorybills in the Present and Future South

But it is good to remember that Ivorybills never asked to be iconic or semi-famous. They never tried to impress us with their appearance and abilities. They never sought to become symbols...

A Critical Eye on Abundance in Art

With abundance comes the danger of excess, and in response Aertsen balances the food for the body in the foreground with food for the soul (charity) in the background.

International Visitors Leadership Program Home Hospitality

It is clear that the bonds that are created between the participants in the visit are much greater than the bonds to any Americans that they only meet for a day or a few days, at most.

Autumn and abundance have been associated with each other since ancient times—witness the image of the overflowing cornucopia ubiquitous in art. We celebrate nature’s bounty all the more for the awareness that it should not be taken for granted, that there are seasons for everything. This issue invites you to pull a chair up to the fireplace and enjoy its thoughtful explorations of abundance and scarcity.