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This is the way we do it

This is the way we do it. One day, one moment, one second. Breathe and release what is lost. So many drownings on the river this summer. So many lost hikers. The forest, the water, holds the suffering and cleanses. I immerse myself in the waters, let the current carry me downstream. Wait for theContinue reading “This is the way we do it”

Summer of Memory

Traveling back to a place of memory. Familiar smells, city sounds. San Francisco with open arms of the bay. Chinatown, North Beach, crowded sidewalks. I sit in silence in front of Old Saint Mary’s. Here time contracts and I am twelve again, unafraid of the wonder of the world. I tell this young version ofContinue reading “Summer of Memory”

What now?

What now, I ask myself? I have lost many and am terrified of losing more. These past few years have been full of strife and sorrow. Joy, yes, but it has come with a heavy price. What now? Live as well as possible and write something that matters? A story is a story, a transportationContinue reading “What now?”

Shake it out

Ready to re-emerge into time and space, prepared to rejoin the societal waves of physical contact, formed and new? Ready to come out of the isolation chrysalis with new breath and life- a new determination to be, to be the true, authentic self? That is my goal, and I hope to resonate a feeling ofContinue reading “Shake it out”

Stretch

Writing in the Pandemic Using isolation as a tool is hard, but can lead to amazing results. You are writing, and really, no one is watching. How about venturing out after isolation? Much harder. The world is still churning and here you have been sequestered at home pecking away on your laptop and fretting aboutContinue reading “Stretch”

Flashin’ the Fiction

Check out my story, A Million Miles Away, recently published on the Flash Fiction Magazine Website. This magazine is an amazing resource and supporter of the flash fiction writer. Hope y’all like it!

Carnival Man

Carnival Man attempts to answer the question; if you can see the future can you change it? Set in a logging town in the Northwest, a river town in the post Vietnam era, it is the story of Emma, a young girl coming of age, who has the ability to read nature. Emma finds theContinue reading “Carnival Man”

River Town

I currently live in a river town and it is interesting to observe how the river connects us. It is more powerful than any of us combined. It softens, soothes and often takes our soul, literally, as at least three swimmers a year lose their life to its torrents. It is impossible to out foxContinue reading “River Town”

Review

NOTE TO FRIENDS: Buy This Book!! From our own amazing Cris Coffing, within whom the Heart of Arts beats in Snoqualmie…….…. What an AMAZING book!! I dug every word! I am a life-long, hardcore reader….and this book blew my socks off! I couldn’t put it down!! I am so impressed and tickled with the complexityContinue reading “Review”

Changes in Snoqualmie Valley

My word for the New Year is JUSTICE. I watch injustice daily, a “lie to your face” form of injustice that hurts people and the planet. Lies that support the justification for the desecration of the wildlife and state of life that people deserve. The constitution states that the government is to promote the “generalContinue reading “Changes in Snoqualmie Valley”