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Summer Koester

award-winning writer & performing artist in Lingit Aani, Juneau, Alaska

Summer Koester

award-winning writer & performing artist in Lingit Aani, Juneau, Alaska

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Passages from My Nine-Year-Old’s Journal that Prove He’s Possessed by Walt Whitman’s Ghost

Passages from My Nine-Year-Old’s Journal that Prove He’s Possessed by Walt Whitman’s Ghost

June 3, 2021 summer.koester

Image edited by Points In Case

Posted in UncategorizedTagged children, humor, parenting, poetry, satire, walt whitman
New Satire about Standardized Testing Now On Widget Mag!

New Satire about Standardized Testing Now On Widget Mag!

May 3, 2021 summer.koester

Image from Widget Mag

Posted in Activism, children, humorTagged classism, education, racism, school, standardized testing, tests
Can Someone Please Retrieve their Small Child Who Keeps Playing with the Weather Laser?

Can Someone Please Retrieve their Small Child Who Keeps Playing with the Weather Laser?

April 27, 2021 summer.koester

Image by Andre Furt for Pexels

Posted in UncategorizedTagged comedy, earth day, humor, satire
No, In-Person School is Nothing Like Orwell’s 1984, Although We May Still Unleash Rats Due to Our Rodent Problem

No, In-Person School is Nothing Like Orwell’s 1984, Although We May Still Unleash Rats Due to Our Rodent Problem

April 19, 2021 summer.koester

Image by Ivan Aleksic for Unsplash

Posted in Blog, childrenTagged blended learning, humor, hybrid learning, pandemic, parenting, satire, school, zoom
I, Baba Yaga, Don’t Know How Much Longer I Can Stay In This Chicken-Legged Hut with These Children

I, Baba Yaga, Don’t Know How Much Longer I Can Stay In This Chicken-Legged Hut with These Children

April 16, 2021 summer.koester

Are you a parent at home with children trying to Do It All? Are you at the brink of eating your children just for some peace and quiet? If so, then Baba Yaga sees you. Please enjoy my latest now up on Jane Austen’s Wastebasket!

Posted in children, essays, humorTagged baba yaga, folklore, homeschooling, pandemic, parenting, quarantine
Is Your Your Child Practicing the Recorder, Or Are Winged Harpies From the Seventh Circle of Hell Tormenting You From Within Your Own Home?

Is Your Your Child Practicing the Recorder, Or Are Winged Harpies From the Seventh Circle of Hell Tormenting You From Within Your Own Home?

April 9, 2021 summer.koester

Image by davidblaze for Pixabay

Posted in Blog, humorTagged flutaphone, harpies, parenting, recorder, satire2 Comments on Is Your Your Child Practicing the Recorder, Or Are Winged Harpies From the Seventh Circle of Hell Tormenting You From Within Your Own Home?
I Am So Happy You Are Living Your Best Covid Life! Now on Greener Pastures Comedy

I Am So Happy You Are Living Your Best Covid Life! Now on Greener Pastures Comedy

March 24, 2021 summer.koester

Please, tell me how you are winning at pandemic parenting! I am so happy you are living your best COVID life! Meanwhile I’m just up here, hanging out in a cold rainforest, trying to flatten the curve! Read NOW on Greener Pastures!

Posted in Blog, humorTagged COVID-19, pandemic, parenting, quarantine
Now on Belladonna Comedy: We Must Put An End to Government Overreach, Which Is Why I’m Burning Down These Stop Signs

Now on Belladonna Comedy: We Must Put An End to Government Overreach, Which Is Why I’m Burning Down These Stop Signs

March 10, 2021 summer.koester

Image by Knerri61 by Pixabay

Posted in humorTagged COVID-19, masks, politics
Up Today on Belladonna Comedy: Female Empowerment Anthems Rewritten for Accuracy

Up Today on Belladonna Comedy: Female Empowerment Anthems Rewritten for Accuracy

March 8, 2021 summer.koester

Image by Ali Pazani for Pexels, edited by author

Posted in Activism, humorTagged feminism, gender gap, international women's day, pay equality
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February 22, 2021 summer.koester

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Posted in Uncategorized1 Comment on Follow me!

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