This week we welcome tree turtle as our guest author. A longtime peace-builder dedicated to spreading mettā (or loving-kindness) in the Buddhist tradition, tree turtle is a Pushcart-prize-winning and Maryland State Arts Council fellowship-winning poet, essayist, fiction writer, teacher, book artist, mediator, nonprofit administrator, and human rights advocate who has published in many American literary journals like Fence Magazine and Ploughshares since 1988. Visit www.treeturtle.com for more information about tree turtle.
Welcome, tree.
— sdh