Altering Course
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      The Weight of Things
      
        
      
      
        Finding Hope, Friends, Memoir, Ranch Lifecynthiacattle ranching, friends, hope, ranch life, scales, walks, whales
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      The Fort of July
      
        
      
      
        Finding Hope, Memoir, Nature, Ranch Lifecynthia4th of July, America, hope, kids, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Naomi Shihab Nye, politics, ranch life
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      A Hope Exists
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Journal Page from Thursday
      
        
      
      
        Finding Hope, Friends, MemoircynthiaDorothy Jardin, friends, Mary Oliver, Nyuol Tong, poetry, William Stafford, writing, teaching, Jackson Browne, Neil Young
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Harbor of Grace
      
        
      
      
        Commentary, Finding Hope, Memoircynthiaactivism, D-C-, friendship, history, human rights, politics, protest, resistance, Trump, Washington, women's march
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      'Tis A Season
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Remember Me? I'm Still Here
      
        
      
      
        Finding Hope, Memoir, Nature, Ranch Lifecynthiamy mother, walking, memories, Living Stories Collective, wonders, grief, gifts
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Reflections
      
        
      
      
        Commentary, Finding Hope, Memoircynthiahope, election, politics, opinion, advice, overcoming, racism, progress, John Gilbert, Louis MacNiece, balance