Week 55 of 209 Weeks: “Love will creep where it cannot go.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson Photo Notes: Seoul, South Korea, May 2024

Week 54 of 209 Weeks: “Eating is so intimate. It’s very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you’re inviting a person into your life.” –Maya Angelou Photo Notes: Seoul, South Korea, May 2024

Week 53 of 209 Weeks: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” –Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo Notes: I believe this photo was taken in Iowa in 2022.

Week 52 of 209 Weeks: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. —The Serenity Prayer. Photo Notes: This photo was taken at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea in May 2024. I printed this photo…

Week 51 of 209 Weeks: “I want to believe in prophecies more than policies. I want to listen to poets rather than pollsters.” Carolina De Robertis, Radical Hope Photo Notes: I think this photo was taken at a state park in summer 2022, but I’m not actually sure! Note: This postcard was created the week Renee…

Week 50 of 209 Weeks: “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20 Photo Notes: This photo was taken in Chicago, December 2023. I have no memory of what this is.

Week 49 of 209 Weeks: “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” —Victor Hugo. Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Soudan-Vermilion State Park in October 2025. A large robin was snacking on this very tiny apple near the lakeshore. Because of the robin, I found a long abandoned, spindly apple tree!

Week 48 of 209 Weeks: “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” —Maya Angelou Photo Notes: Buddha’s Birthday Celebration, Jogyesa Temple, Seoul, South Korea, May 2024

Week 47 of 209 Weeks: “All goes back to the earth, / and so I do not desire / pride of excess or power, / but the contentments made / by men who have had little: / the fisherman’s silence / receiving the river’s grace, / the gardener’s musing on rows.” —Wendell Berry Photo Notes: Minnesota…

Week 46 of 209 Weeks: Some days it is what it is, and some days you just have to keep moving forward, and gather and love those around you. Photo Notes: Minnesota State Fair, 2024