Amanda Patchin
Amanda Patchin is a freelance writer and education consultant from Boise, Idaho. She reads a bit more than average and loves nothing more than conversation about a good book. Her love of the written word occasionally produces a poem or an article and her love of food often produces dinner.
Articles by Amanda Patchin
Noticing Birds
We don’t have to escape to a new and better location with more perfect neighbors. We need to lovingly attend to the ones we have.
Language and Power
"We wade through a torrent of words and images every day, and yet we mostly lack a clear understanding of what language is and can be for the human..."
The Pleasures of a Liturgical Calendar of Reading
The day after Thanksgiving yields a joy of three parts. The first joy is that of an introvert newly restored to peace and quiet after the raucous hubbub of last…