I’m aware that you are aware of the stories of chaos and pain and destruction that fill our newsfeeds and our conversations. The question “Did you hear about?” is followed by names of friends as often as international disasters, by celebrities and coworkers, by stories of violence from a thousand years and three hours ago. […]

God. We are not quite ready to despair, most of us. But some moments we come close.We come close to simply running out.Our bodies run out. Our courage runs out. Our creativity runs out. Our love, our patience, our forgiveness. We are running out.And there is almost nothing we read or watch that gives us […]

I’ve written about tables before. When we visit people in a place, we are more likely to appreciate sitting with them at a table than we are to spend time looking at scenery or notable sites. Not that we don’t like history or beauty. We like people better. And eating together and then sitting around […]

“I’m not an athlete.” That’s one of many items on my “not” list. Some of them are true. “I’m not a diesel mechanic” is verifiable. Some of them are not. “I hate people” is something I say from time to time, in spite of my mother’s opposition to the word hate. And I don’t hate […]

More from Rich Dixon +++ Last time, The Dream. We started planning RICH’S RIDE, a 1500-mile handcycle journey along the length of the Mississippi River. Except, “planning” is a generous description of what really happened. Honestly, Becky and I had no idea how to organize an 8-week quadriplegic handcycle ride. Becky would be our one-person […]