award-winning writer & performing artist in Lingit Aani, Juneau, Alaska
award-winning writer & performing artist in Lingit Aani, Juneau, Alaska
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NYT, Brevity Blog, & Other Publishing News! Southeast Alaska in July swerves between twenty hours of sunshine and spruce trees turning red, to lush rainforest a million shades of green. Plenty of black bear sightings, their dark hides lustrous from fresh salmon, and orcas hunting baby humpback whales until humpback families chase them off. Days […]
The other day I came across an article in Slate about a woman in the 1940s who abandoned her toddlers to move to the UK and write a novel. Doris Lessing believed that she could not pursue her creative work while serving in her capacity as a mother. I both admire and despise her. After two years […]
“El que niega la muerte, niega la vida.” (He who denies death, denies life.) —Octavio Paz Today and tomorrow during Día de Muertos, Day of the Dead, people in Mexico, the U.S., & parts of Central America celebrate the lives of loved ones who passed on. Tradition holds that the dead would be offended with […]
Hello, hello! I’m happy to report that New York Times published my Tiny Victory in their Parenting newsletter this week! I bought my daughter this super soft, adorable alpaca to take to school and help with her anxiety (you can buy one here). It’s small enough to fit in her backpack. At the end of […]
Friends, A few weeks ago Fevers of the Mind literary journal reached out to ask if they could interview me for their blog. They have interviewed dozens of amazing poets and writers, so of course I said yes! You can read that interview here on their website. Thanks for reading!
‘I work in the woods and I don’t socialize,’ says one Alaskan whose grandfather died fishing at sea and whose uncle was mauled by a bear Good day, friends! My article about Alaskans refusing the vaccine was recently published at the Independent! You can read it here. Thanks for reading! ~Summer
Image by Ivan Aleksic for Unsplash
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!
