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!
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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.
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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.
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In the essay, A SOCIO-ECONOMIC MYTH OF THE FALL, Ken adds meaning to last week’s post on MAKING SENSE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR. Although brief, in this essay Ken searches for the causes of inequality that exist between humans and the results of that inequality. My notes are intended to further clarify what Ken means in this essay and preface the direction of Ken’s thought that will come in future posts.
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A Pacific Northwest native, I have been writing poetry over 40 years. My poems reflect a woman’s journey through the later years, with recurring themes of loss and renewal. I have read at many local poetry venues and am a member of Seattle Poets Table. My first book, If the Moon Came Out Only Once
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INTRODUCTION TO SALMON JOURNEY II OF KEN’S JOURNEY POSTS:
The following text is a condensation of an essay Ken wrote called, WOULD YOU RATHER BE BETTER OR LOVED. I have chosen and commented on the parts of the essay I think are central to a point Ken is making about human behavior.
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In 2015, I edited a collection of Ken’s writings and published them in a small book, Salmon Journey, Against the Current. Recently, I revisited Salmon Journey and reread several of Ken’s poems and writings. I found them to be insightful to the current time and decided to publish several of them in the NESTER.
KEN OLSON CARVES HIS TOTEM is the first in this series of posts.
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I’ve been asked many times what it was in my life that inspired me to write poems. The answer is: my 4th grade teacher. Miss Blaze was a remarkably creative person who deeply believed that we should learn that our own creativity could be discovered and appreciated throughout our lifetime. She explained that poetry was
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