The Author
A native of Southern California, Caroline Mertens moved to Colorado as a teen. She received her B.A. in English and Secondary Education from Colorado Christian University in Denver. Her grandmother’s immigration tales of adventure, love, pain, and redemption provided ample amounts of hope, grace, and literary inspiration for her debut, In Those Other Lands. … Read more >>
Subscribe for Email Updates
our futures are blurry
The future is blurry — but it’s always been this way. A pandemic illuminates that difficult reality. I’m an optimist [...]
a meandering wandering
Walking through gardens, traversing trails, wandering among flowers — both wild and planted — I find pace with the rhythms [...]
Pruning is an act of love
Pruning is an act of love. So is raising children. Today I am pruning bushes and trees and teens’ attitudes [...]