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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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The Mirage of the Creative Mother

The Mirage of the Creative Mother

May 3, 2022May 2, 2022 summer.koester

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 […]

Posted in BlogTagged children, creating, mothering, parenting, writer, writing
Now’s the time to make art

Now’s the time to make art

April 4, 2020 summer.koester

Everything happens in threes. Last fall my grandmother passed away. A month ago my husband’s father died. I always wondered who’s going to be the third? And then coronavirus happened. So much grief. We don’t know anyone personally who has passed from the coronavirus. We live in Juneau Alaska where so far only 10 people […]

Posted in BlogTagged art, children, creating, featured, social distancing, therapy