Grey Eagle, MN - July 5-10, 2016 The place the Rylanders call Earthward is a gorgeous, deciduous woods situated between the prairies to the west and the pines east and north. Earthward is 40 acres of teaming flora and fauna with a house built into the side of a moraine, aka - a sturdy pile of gravel, sand and clay created by glacial movement. I fondly refer to this semi-underground house as a "hobbit hole," and if you are a fan of J.R.R Tolkien, you know this means comfort. Edith and John … [Read more...]
A D.C. Trip: SCOTUS Hears United Student Aid Funds v. Espinosa
This gallery is the result of the Robinson & Rylander case "United Student Aid Funds v. Espinosa" going to the Supreme Court of the United States. The hearing was on Dec. 1, 2009. It is a long story, and I'll add to this after I get the photos uploaded. (Posted 10.29.2016) … [Read more...]
Buoyed by Spirits that Soothe
I feel compassion for the bugs, because I was small and stepped on too. I feel compassion for the caterpillars, because I was dismissed as a pest too. I feel growth in my soul because I love the bugs and admire their collective troupe. I experience metamorphosis like the butterfly from the cocoon I experience the gift of soul flight from loves that are true I can finally relax into life from being buoyed by spirits that soothe. … [Read more...]
A Future of Family, Friends, Music and Fire
(Published by Saint Cloud Times April 19, 2010.) by Edith Rylander I'm just back from a wedding in Tucson. Arizona, like Minnesota, is a more complex and diverse place than you might think from reading brochures. There is a tourist Arizona, and a farming and ranching and mining Arizona. There is an Arizona of sunburned old desert rats, and an Arizona of New Age seekers, a Hispanic Arizona that goes back hundreds of years, and a Native American Arizona that goes back thousands. Then … [Read more...]
Fourkiller Flats “Durango” live video
Thanks to our sis-in-law Kristy Rylander for shooting this. Dan and I dance into the frame at 2:20 and sillily spin for awhile! … [Read more...]