Gadisse Lee comes from Raleigh for her artist talk and visit this Friday, Oct. 24, as part of her “Conversations in Isolation” exhibit.

Shannon Rae Gentry revisits math class and one of the influential and respectable teachers she remembers.

Shakori does a really good job of generational and genre intersection, like a family patchwork quilt that’s less concerned with trends and perfect seams, but focused rather on the warmth it provides your body and heart during cold winters.

If you, too, feel like you’re dangerously close to empty, Shannon Rae Gentry asks: Where and how do you refill your cup … err pot, or whatever holds the water, or energy, or soul, that keeps you cooking?

"I Found My Piece" features a story of Nezzo, whose family is moving for mom's new job, which means a new home, a new school and new lots of things; the things that can feel a part of us, pieces of who we are. When those pieces start to come apart, his mom introduces him to meditation.