7 Wonders
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The ancient Greeks picked 7 knock-your-socks-off human made features of their world. They are (or were) amazing but they aren’t the only wonders of this world we share. We’re spending the months of June and July at the Minnehaha Falls bandstand celebrating 7 more wonders among the many that exist around and within us. See you there. Yeah, in person, outside, music, people, still safety conscious. It’s going to be… wonderful!
The Wonder of BEING TOGETHER! (aired 6/9) The 7 Wonders of the ancient world are hardly the only wonders of this world. It’s no surprise that the first thing we’re wondering at this summer is being together. Sunday Paper
The Wonder of LAUGHTER (aired 6/14) If laughter isn’t so wonderful, how come you like it so much? Take a look at laughter in this episode where Melissa Lock laughs along with folks at Minnehaha Falls. We could all use a little laughter! Sunday Paper
The Wonder of FAMILY (aired 6/27) Chris Lillehei won’t be fixing everything that’s wrong in our families but he is going to help us treasure the wonder that is there, and that can be a wonderful place to start! Songs | Sunday Paper
The Wonder of CHOOSING (aired 7/4) - Let’s wonder at the gift of having and making choices, and about how our choices can help everyone have the choices they need for full and free lives. Songs | Sunday Paper
The Wonder of SHOWING UP (aired 7/12) - What you need to bring to the table, the party, the gathering, the conversation, the relationship is you. Show up! Take a listen to nationally-touring artist, educator, speaker, poet and Fabric friend Joe Davis. Songs | Sunday Paper
The Minnehaha Falls Art Fair - Some of the most wonderful things in life are what others are doing. We paused on July 18 to celebrate the wonder of the arts in our midst at the Minnehaha Falls Art Fair.
The Wonder of NATURE (aired 7/26) - If you’ve ever been tempted to think that everything is better with a little tech added, you will delight in the vast parts of our world we will never improve on. Sunday Paper
Photos and reflections by Jeanette Mayo
The turn of the calendar tempts us with promises of newness—fresh starts, better habits, upgraded versions of ourselves. But what if, instead of charging ahead with self-improvement schemes, we took a cue from winter’s stillness? What if we let go of the relentless hustle and embraced the radical idea that we are already enough?
Fabric’s January series, “Give Up,” has invited us into this counterintuitive wisdom—the grace of resting, receiving, and recognizing our inherent worth. Nature doesn’t demand that a hibernating bear emerge as a “better” bear. Spring’s renewal is not about striving but about unfolding what has been there all along.
In Wintering, Katherine May reminds us that transformation often happens in the quiet, unseen spaces. And in Belonging, Toko-pa Turner challenges us to strengthen our “receiving muscle,” to accept the support woven into our interconnected lives. “You are the receiver of too many generosities to count,” she writes. “Count them anyway.”
So, what if we stopped trying to earn our existence? What if we acknowledged the trees, the friendships, the small kindnesses that hold us? What if, instead of striving, we surrendered to belonging?
You are the gift. That’s enough. May it be so.
-Ian