Cathy Ross writes poems that are especially meaningful for particular days and times of the year. In a dark month, “Amaryllis” invites the reader to “ignore” the dark and embrace the “light”.
CATHY ROSS – “0DE TO AN AMARYLLIS” – A POEM FOR JANUARY Read More »
I light a candle on the longest night, stare deep into the flame, see centuries of people lighting bonfires in the hills to plead their case with a fading sun. They feared their light would disappear, and so they reached their torches high and sang sweet songs of Yule to call it back from death.
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Meet Agnes, an ordinary gray tabby with an extraordinary talent for mischief and adventure.
A scrawny kitten when the Rasmussen family rescued her from a funeral home, she is now a confident, clever, and mischievous nearly one-year-old cat.
Join Agnes in AGNES’S FIRST CHRISTMAS, as she observes the strange but delightful activities of humans during the holidays. When she realizes that the trimmed tree and wrapped presents are not meant for her playthings, how can she discover other ways to celebrate Christmas?
SHORT STORY – AGNES’S FIRST CHRISTMAS – BY LORELIE OLSON & TIM OLSON Read More »
Book lists for 2020 are coming out now. You will enjoy reading Cathy Ross’s poem “A Booklist for 2020” that uses classic titles to give insight into the past year.
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Cathy Ross consistently offers us prescient thoughts through her poetry about how we live our lives in the current time. “Instructions On Letting Go” reflects on the endings and beginnings in our lives.
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Dave wrote FETCH, ROOK for a chapter in his memoir, BONDED BY WATER but the chapter about Rook wasn’t included in the published book. Now, I have the opportunity to publish in the blog this wonderfully descriptive, humorous, and poignant chapter in the life of Dave & Rook, an extraordinary dog!
OLSON FAMILY SCRAPBOOK IV – “FETCH, ROOK” – BY DAVE OLSON Read More »
INTRODUCTION A most welcome and timely poem arrived this morning from Cathy Ross, a poet with three previously published poems for us. Six inches of snow fell yesterday to add a brilliant white to the final days of autumn red in our row of sumacs. Cathy gave us our first sumac that doesn’t miss
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Much of my writing these days is based in memories, often randomly strung together as they come to me. Citronella visited me one night when I couldn’t sleep. I have no idea where she came from. She is certainly not a memory, but I found her amusing and I hope you do, too.
DAVE WAGAR – WRITER – “CITRONELLA AND THE FOOT PRINCE AT THE GLASS SIPPER” Read More »
Dave’s memoir, “Victory Biking” about his first bike is a delight to read and motivates us to look back into our lives and understand ourselves more fully.
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In Part 2 & 3 of the SALMON JOURNEY posts taken from Ken’s writingS, I’ve focused on what Ken finds disturbing about human behavior. The title of this poem does not fully reflect the meaning the poem. The poem selected does lead the reader to consider an alternative direction for humans and the potential for transcendence into a different way of living.
SALMON JOURNEY IV -KEN OLSON’S POEM ON NATURE, EVOLUTION, HUMANS, AND BEAUTY Read More »
