Kaleidoscope Magazine

In this final issue of Kaleidoscope, we pause to reflect on how far we have come during our journey. We’ve made significant strides to change perceptions of disability and championed the talents of countless writers and artists. It seems fitting . . .

Fall or float? How we respond to events that occur in our lives reveals a lot about us. How buoyant are you? When adversity looms high above you, does it knock you down? Or are you able to rise above . . .

As we travel through this life, with all its twists and turns, it can be satisfying to look back and reflect on how far we’ve come. As a magazine, Kaleidoscope just celebrated its forty-fifth anniversary, so it seems fitting to . . .

Summer is synonymous with the beach for many people. There’s just something mesmerizing and cathartic about watching waves spill onto shore and slip back out into the vast sea. Just as the ocean breathes in and out upon sandy beaches, . . .

A new year often brings a period of renewal and reflection. As we look at our lives, we might decide to implement some positive changes in an effort to live a more authentic existence. Conversely, we may decide something we’ve . . .

We experience many connections in life and in this issue we take a closer look at the ties that bind. Within these pages you’ll see two prominent threads are inextricably woven into this issue:  family and deafness. Our featured piece, . . .

Unexpected truths are discovered throughout this issue, in all genres. Sometimes the truth can be hard to swallow and in other cases, revelations are surprisingly sweet. One story exposes bits of the truth without fully disclosing all the details, and . . .

Read issue 85 here. Elizabeth Gilbert provided an intriguing description of contentment in Eat Pray Love when she identified it as a “bandit,” eluding all who chase it. It taunts and disappears when seekers get too close and she concludes, . . .