“I use play as kind of a backdoor to talk about tougher subjects,” says poet Kelli Russell Agodon, “but also as a front door for the reader to be able to listen.” Her most recent book, Accidental Devotions, blends humor, vulnerability, aging, the chaos of relationships, and the art of humaning.

Tracy Stone-Manning, president of The Wilderness Society, calls the administration’s new plan for reorganizing the Forest Service “destructive.”By closing dozens of the agency’s regional offices and research centers, staffers will no longer be on the land they manage, Stone-Manning says, and many will be forced to quit. She adds that the plan to move headquarters from the nation’s capitol to Salt Lake City will only further fragment and isolate the Forest Service.

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Mistakes are a normal part of life. Mindfulness can help us recognize and accept when we make them, understand why we made them, forgive ourselves for making them, and then do our best to make amends.

KVNF’s Top Spin is a spotlight on the most-played album in the past 6 weeks by our DJs.

Circadian rhythm—our endogenous biological clock—has synchronized life with Earth’s rotation for billions of years, from bacteria to humans. How does this specifically affect humans?

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