Simple Abundance – “The Woman You Were Meant to Be”
Harvard Classics – “The Soaring Eagle and Contented Stork“, essay by Mazzini. Mazzini labored for the freedom of Italy but was exiled. Byron and Goethe also battled for liberty. Mazzini wrote an essay in which he compared Byron to a soaring eagle and Goethe to a contented stork. (Byron arrived in Greece to fight for Greek freedom, Jan. 5, 1824.)
Short Story – “Last Bus to What’s Left of Albuquerque” by Carrie Cuinn
Essay – “A Tale of Two Continents: The Story of Lemuria and Gondwana” by Thomas Manuel
Poem – “The Affair” by David Baker