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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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Vibrating at a whole new level

Vibrating at a whole new level

August 10, 2020 summer.koester

Yesterday I took a slow, needed walk in the woods. It was slow because my eight-year-old walked behind me drinking his apple cider the whole way. (That was the only way I was able to get him to walk in the woods with me.) It was much needed, because I have been dealing with all […]

Posted in BlogTagged alaska, COVID-19, forest, hiking, nature, self care, wild, wilderness
If John Muir Were a Girl

If John Muir Were a Girl

April 24, 2020 summer.koester

At the edge of the gumdrop forest waits a door to swallow her whole deep, deeper down the rabbit hole she hopes to lose her mind or find her soul or a better way back than before. Perhaps chance upon a homeless camp tarp and dust pan, flash backs to that woman & those men […]

Posted in PoemsTagged earth day, featured, hiking, john muir, nature, poem, poetry, wilderness, women