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Walking humbly...
A devotion published by the Lutheran Diaconal Association Servant Ministry Support Committee in early 2022. The Episcopal Church garden...

Kat Peters
Jul 18, 20234 min read


"Love of learning is the guide of life"
My address to the Eta of Indiana Chapter at Valparaiso University of the Phi Betta Kappa Society on May 13, 2022. A painting I made as an...

Kat Peters
May 14, 20228 min read


Company towns, racial tension, stereotypes, natural beauty, and resilience
5 things Gary, Indiana and Costa Rica have in common A view of the block where Andrew Means had a contractor company that built quality...

Kat Peters
Apr 24, 20223 min read


5 things I learned in Costa Rica that serve me as a mother
As I look over this list, I see that it resonates with advice a Costa Rican gave me, which I come back to, often: back to basics. Parts...

Kat Peters
Apr 10, 20225 min read


Food deserts: Korry Shepard of the Gary Historical Collective
In what I hope can be a regular conversation, I got to speak for a second time with Korry Shepard about his ideas for how to address food...

Kat Peters
Apr 4, 20222 min read


How to: Achieve the impossible
Also known as: winter sowing One impossible thing I did was work with a five-year-old on a project that I cared about! I have been...

Kat Peters
Mar 6, 20227 min read


Chasing him down the beach
This is real life, after all He's a "small guy," not a baby and not a big kid. My second-born says he's a "small guy" or a "small boy." ...

Kat Peters
Mar 3, 20224 min read


On history: with Gary historian Korry Shepard
I had the great good fortune to converse with this historian from Gary, Indiana, in February. 2022. Korry Shepard dropping knowledge at...

Kat Peters
Feb 21, 20221 min read


A tale of two rolls
The story and the recipes behind two enriched doughs, from South Dakota and Costa Rica My Grandma Jarratt's caramel rolls, being made by...

Kat Peters
Feb 7, 20227 min read


Why you're here: a letter to my sons
From Crimea and Sweden to South Dakota to Nicaragua and Costa Rica My dear sons - Today in the Spanish class that I’m teaching at Indiana...

Kat Peters
Jan 31, 20226 min read
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