Two of the strongest words in the English language are: I can. You can. We can. Laura Ingalls Wilder books and television series echoes those words. I love, love, love them, and I love them more as a writer today. I watched a documentary on PBS and it is noted that Laura and Mary would […]
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Sweet corn, sweet grass
Sweetgrass Is Around Her A woman was sittingon a rock.I could see herclearly,even thoughshe was far away.She was Teiohontasen,my mother’s aunt.She was abasket maker.When I was young,my mother told methat her name meant,“Sweetgrass is all around her.”I thought that it was a good namefor a basket maker.She was in her eightiesthen.She was short like me,and […]
Jeremiah Justice!
Four years ago, I found my way to Highlights Foundation for a children’s writing workshop. Remember the Highlights magazines that you may have thumbed through as a kid – that Highlights. The family created a nonprofit for authors and inspiring authors to learn together. A fellow writer and friend in Minnesota suggested that it’s a […]
Learning some tools
Many years ago, I had what one calls juvenile arthritis. In some circles, they say cystic fibrosis-related arthritis. It started at 12. For me, the best-educated guess I have is that I absorbed everything and held everything in. Now – mind you, in some ways, it didn’t seem like I had a choice, at least […]
SNAFU
I made a big SNAFU this week. A SNAFU: SNAFU is widely used to stand for the sarcastic expression Situation Normal: All Fucked Up, as a well-known example of military acronym slang. However, the military acronym originally stood for “Status Nominal: All Fucked Up.” It is sometimes bowdlerized to all fouled up or similar.[3] It means that the situation is bad, but […]
Take a little time
I am going to talk about financial goals – and you may give me an eye roll, a yawn, and that’s okay. Is financial stuff boring – maybe? Boring is often the most important. It is about planning well; living well. Chatting with a friend of mine – she always gives me sound financial tips […]