Notes on Being Human Archives - Page 15 of 32

Stash

January 24, 2022 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

My mother's hidden Hershey's bars In the refrigerator meat drawer, way in the back under the cheese and lunch meat, I found my mother’s stash of Hershey bars. Three of them. I was probably ten … Continue reading >>

A Poem for February

January 17, 2022 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

from IN FEBRUARY by Ralph J. Mills, Jr. Sudden icy wind slaps at the ashtree's thin frame; a shred of moonhangs above clouds rushing eastover the lake. Inside, I spread a handon the table, my … Continue reading >>

To our favorite UPS guy

December 27, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

It’s in the giving We give a Christmas gift card to our regular mailman, and this year decided to give one to our regular UPS delivery guy. He delivered boxes of my first book in 2015. When I … Continue reading >>

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 >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line