The Green Room

a poetry series - focusing on the glory of the Trinity in nature - by Sara Oyela

Julian’s Note seeks insights on our shared life before God by reflecting on my work as a Christian contemplative, pianist, composer, and speaker.

A delightful collection of pop culture recs, bird facts, spiritual thoughts, pictures of my rabbit, and whatever else catches my eye.

A place to explore the way the short story works.

I grew up unschooled, cult adjacent, my best friends were my 36 pen-pals. I write about that, and other things too.

Meredith Lee and I were sitting on the back deck a few weeks ago, she was telling me a story and stopped to ask, What are you looking at?" I guess I'd left eye-contact or something. I answered, "Everything."

Who are Nature?

The Examine is a reader-supported exploration of curiosity. Here, I explore the world through fiction, non-fiction, and the occasional photograph.

A newsletter that romanticizes baking, gardening and home-ing from an award winning food blogger, Karlee Flores.

"If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it." John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

words to inspire, uplift, feel good about, and to ponder

Thoughts, poems, and prose by myself and writers in my workshops

A fantasy series set in the post-human ruins of the Pacific Northwest.

Motherhood and mysticism on the Marfa Plateau

Christian hip hop through the ages.

C.C. Kimmel on the long obedience to creative work.

Smile at death.

A newsletter on slowing down, paying attention, and falling in love again with the real world. Featuring new writing and photography.