Notes on Being Human Archives - Page 15 of 33

Our Annual Christmas Letter

December 20, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Happy Christmas, all! We got a handful of Christmas letters with our cards this year. I feel a pang of guilt that I didn't write a Christmas letter. I usually do. So here's mine, in which I try to … Continue reading >>

The Finnish Sauna

December 13, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What it's not I laughed when I saw this photo in a catalog. How is that even comfortable? Where is she, in her living room? And what happens if she drops the book she's supposedly reading? It … Continue reading >>

Unexpected Joy in a Sleepy Comedy

November 22, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Joe Pera Talks With You I just started watching a comedy on the Adult Swim Channel called "Joe Pera Talks With You." To be honest, I never heard of the show, or even this channel, before reading an … Continue reading >>

Pirates’ Halloween for Landlubbers

October 25, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A Pirate Jamboree Our "over-board" Halloween decor began after Don and I stumbled upon the Pirate Jamboree on Ocracoake Island, North Carolina in 2018, which just happened to be the 300-year … Continue reading >>

Puppy Update

October 18, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Eight Months Old Stony Creek Downtown Cowboy will be eight months old October 21st. It’s hard to believe how much our puppy has grown. His body is longer than Clementine’s (people ask if he’s part … Continue reading >>

Surviving a Native American Boarding School

October 11, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

History 101 - a poem This devastating poem by my friend and fellow alum Mihku Paul is about her grandfather, a residential school survivor who helped raise Mihku. Their family was "deeply impacted … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

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