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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...
An Interview for Alaska Book Week
Here is an interview I gave for Alaska Book Week, which you might find interesting. I'll be back tomorrow morning with a regular (irregular) blog post.
The Humane Thing to Do
I was waffling. I wanted the consultation and an exam. Afterward, I asked for a night to think about it. My patient husband sighed. He said we had to do what's best for the dog. The vet's assistant, her eyes red, said, "I know it shouldn't be a consideration, but...
Darkness Falls
It is so dark these days, ever since we fell back an hour, and then it snowed and rained and iced all up, that I feel like my head is in a bucket. I am grateful that I don't have vertigo, which seems to be going around among my friends and relatives. As a...
Sunday’s Thought
"God has placed in each an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from without, unaware that it is within them."- Kahlil Gibran
A Voice on the Answering Machine
Before I left for the cabin I changed the recorded greeting on the answering machine. I used to say "You've reached the Lendes, we are either not home, or can't come to the phone, please leave a message for any of us after the beep." Now, if you call, you will hear me...
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...