Ancient Grains Archive

Nelson Mandela died. That seems a lot more important than the rest of this stuff, which I compiled first and am now vaguely embarrassed by.

The New Yorker:

Mandela spent twenty-seven years in prison, including eighteen years on Robben Island, an infamous ...Read More

Raise your hand if you were a Horse Girl. It’s ok, this is a safe space. Honestly, I was one too. If you’re not familiar with a concept of the Horse Girl, here’s the breakdown: a Horse Girl is that girl in your 5th grade class who is obsessed with horses. Horse ...Read More

“Doulas are getting paid by people who can afford it. But people who can’t afford it don’t get doulas. We want to make sure that group can get a doula, because their babies are dying, being born too small – and we know that doulas can help. To not support ...Read More

When my family and I first moved to North Carolina, just about three years ago, we were fascinated by something that we didn’t have in Illinois: trees. BIG ONES! Huge, tall trees right there in our back yard! It was like living in a forest. We would wake in the morning and stare ...Read More