Notes on Being Human Archives - Page 30 of 32

Get a corgi, never shower alone

March 2, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I love my Welsh Pembroke Corgi, Clementine, but lately, she's been a little clingy. Maybe she has cabin fever. Our walks have been a bit short this winter. As long as it's over 18º F and there's no … Continue reading >>

Let your children be who they are

January 21, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Support comes in different forms I was sharing some fabulous photos of my mother, who passed away in 2013, when a childhood friend asked me if she was supportive of my writing. My first impulse was … Continue reading >>

A Male Horse in the Nude: Creativity

October 21, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

It's important to nurture creativity in children, even if it's a little startling, or, um, not quite what we had expected. Accuracy in art, if not colors My granddaughter, Lil, age 6, had … Continue reading >>

Derek’s Black Hill Spruce

August 14, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Nature can help us understand so many things about life. My eldest child took his own life in the fall of 2011 at age thirty two. As a mother, no matter how many counselors, doctors and friends … Continue reading >>

A Writer Visits Père Lachaise

June 30, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I feel as if I only touched the surface of the beauty of this extraordinary cemetery in Paris. For a writer, Père Lachaise is a magical place of wonder and inspiration at every turn. I'm … Continue reading >>

Visiting Jim Morrison

June 20, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

At last, I was here I stared at his monument in awe, flushed and a little woozy, thinking about how much this long-haired, leather-clad icon has meant to me over the years. The makeshift … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line