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Sunday’s Thought
For you today, some comforting and wise words from CMarie Fuhrman, the current Idaho Writer in Residence and co-editor of Native Voices: Indigenous American Poetry, Craft and Conversations. CMarie Furham, whom I am grateful to have met last summer in Homer at the...
A Week at the Cabin
When I suggested a fall vacation would be nice, my husband filled up the water jugs and said he'd do the grocery shopping if I made the list. We don't need a ticket out of town. Just a week at the cabin, with no electricity except what I can pedal into the battery...
Sunday’s Thought
"I need eternal verities-- otherwise I worry that there are no verities." Anna Quindlen
Something Funny
A very wet fisherman commenting on the driving rain as he stepped into Mountain Market for coffee: "I'd be drier if I was at home standing in the shower."
A Lot Going On
First, Genny did beat Harry in the swim, but only by about eight feet. He convinced her to shorten the distance to 50 meters, and to do the back stroke. The gallery was full for the less than two minute event, but we all agreed it was worth getting out in the rain to...
Halloween Woman’s Day Column
I wish I could write a country song, and since I haven't been able to do that, I thought I'd try a poem inspired one-- (Morning Miracles on the previous blog entry.) Hope it is not too self indulgent to publish your own works in progress, but there you have it. Here...
Morning Miracles
"Just another morning here. It's a miracle and it comes around every single day of the year."- Nanci Griffiths In October, after a storm, it is good to take an inventory, upon waking, of the miracles in your own home. An electric light that brightens the hall with the...