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Listening for Words
A recent blog post by fellow writer Dulcie Whitman got me thinking about what we do when we know we need to write but can’t seem to link two decent phrases together. While she is trying to wrangle her...
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A Disturbing Day
Please take a moment to read this powerful blog post by my friend Karen Hugg A Disturbing Day.
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F@#k Yeah!
I had an opportunity to go to India this spring. In fact, I would be going next month if I’d jumped on it. But I didn’t. Even though it may have only cost a plane ticket for the entire two-week trip,...
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Ascent Magazine publishes photo and short essay
Ascent, the literary magazine of Concordia College, recently asked to publish a photo I took while on a walk in a neighborhood park. Please visit their beautiful site HERE . Click on my name at the...
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The Sorrow of Bees
Amanda Corr photo by Laura WIlkes Carey My friend Amanda died nearly two weeks ago. She was barely in her forties. She died of a very aggressive form of breast cancer she had been fighting for less...
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OSO MUCH LOVE – REPOSTED Because Oso Still Matters
Stilly Bridge – photo by Bob Banks A year ago the inconceivable happened – a hillside gave way and a tiny community in the state of Washington was buried. Forty-three lives were lost. Countless...
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The Respiration of the Universe : The Metaphysics of Spellcheck and LinkedIn
Malin Head, Co. Donegal, Ireland A health crisis has resulted in my needing to take some long-delayed steps towards better self-care. Among many things like getting more rest and being kinder to...
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Choosing Flow over Fear: On Faith and Decisions
My household is in a whirlwind of change right now. My partner’s job has shifted along with his commitment to the company he has worked for over 15. The job I was hired to do is wrapping up, and while...
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Enter the Dragon….Again
I lost my job today. Well, I got fired to be exact, but I had an “End of Employment ” letter that said it was going to end on Sunday anyhow. I had planned on serving my remaining time in a...
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I Wouldn’t Want You to Think….
I have a secret. I’ve been told to keep quiet about it. Not that I didn’t already know that I should. After all, she said, you wouldn’t want them to think… It is true. I wouldn’t want you to. Here’s...
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And So It Begins….
Leaving Seattle didn’t seem like a difficult thing to do when I planned our second trip to Ireland last fall. When we bought the tickets, I still had a job I hated. I had no way of knowing that I...
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Never Take the Same Road Twice – Travels in the Burren
The “highway” in front of the place we stayed in Kinvarra. This one actually has a center divider line – somewhat unusual here. We don’t travel like other people. We learned that the hard way the last...
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Don’t Turn Down the Boatman
I am not a flagrant rule breaker. Nor am I particularly spontaneous. But there is something about being on vacation that brings out the daring, something that paid off in leaps and bounds on our trip...
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How Do We Feel Safe In an Unsafe Place?
I drove to work today bathed in the thick scent of cheap cologne. It was the smell of violation and it made my stomach lurch. This morning I opened my car door to find the contents of my console...
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Graignagower
The road wound through a narrow gap between two mountains, clinging to a steep heather covered rise on one side and falling away at a dizzying pitch on the other. There were few homes along the miles...
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Longing for Home
It has been a year since I was last in Ireland and nearly that long since I have written here. I haven’t been silent for a lack of things to say or even writer’s block. In fact, there are several...
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A New Adventure: Sparrow & Raven
My lovely business partner’s thoughts on our endeavor, Sparrow and Raven: Where Writers Flock Together! metonymicalpen That’s my girl flying high, feeling the power. I’m more drawn to words, words,...
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On Car Wrecks and Hate Speech: Moving Through Shock
One night many years ago I was alone reading in my home on a quiet suburban street. In the distance a car engine fired violently and roared down the hill, transmission screaming and gears grinding. I...
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The Big Secret
There are moments in parenting I assumed were inevitable – things I looked forward to as markers of being a mom, not just of my kid’s growth. Stuff like their first steps and first words, saying...
View ArticleA Day In The Life Of A Mom (or: Pride Month Isn’t All Rainbows)
Today I spent the day at work. I create educational opportunities and events to encourage people to learn how climate change is relevant to them and what small steps they can take to reduce the damage...
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