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My Last Christmas with Mom

December 23, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

My fondest Christmas memory In September, 2012, my brother and I helped move my mother, age 91, to her own apartment in a retirement home in Rochester, just five minutes from me. A month or so later, … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: Christmas, family, mothers

You are forever changed – sexual misconduct

November 11, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Confirmation by Linda K. Sienkiewicz

If you've ever been shown a penis... Jennifer Wright asked Twitter "Hey women: retweet if you've ever been shown a penis you did not want or expect to see" on November 9th, 2017. There are 177,00 … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: Louis CK, Roy Moore, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, shame

Ladybugs, children and understanding death

October 16, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

It's hard to believe it's been nearly six years since my son Derek died. Sometimes reminders fly at you from the most unlikely places. One such time was at a recent Poetry at the Farmhouse … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Grief and Loss, Notes on Being Human Tagged With: children, death, family, grief, loss family

Taken too soon

September 11, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Earlier this year I discovered the infant section at Mount Avon Cemetery. Eleven babies in all. They were hard to find because the stones were nearly completely grown over. I imagine the parents have … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: babies, family, grief, loss, Mount Avon Cemetery

Love and loss on Labor Day, 2017

September 5, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

pet love

Emotional support: Today I tidied the gravesites of Jacob Vaness Young, his wife Leita and their two children, swapping out summer flowers for fall stuff. I took my corgi, Clementine, with me for the … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Grief and Loss, Notes on Being Human Tagged With: Clementine, family, grief, Jacob Vaness Young, Mount Avon Cemetery, pets

Imagining Fictional Characters

August 21, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A series of fun photographs I took with dolls posed behind the partial figure on my book cover got me thinking about faces on book covers, and what we imagine when we read. What do you see when you … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love, Notes on Being Human Tagged With: book covers, character description, Fiction

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Author, poet, artist, cynical optimist, corgi aficionado, crafter & klutz with just enough ADHD to keep it spinning. More here.

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Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line