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Delivery!

January 19, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

First job My husband Don laughed when I brought the Target delivery into the house this morning. "I was doing that over fifty years ago," he said. Delivering groceries, that is, from a … Continue reading >>

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Is the Pandemic messing with your teeth?

January 11, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Clenching, grinding and pushing: I bet you didn't see this coming: an increase in dental injuries attributed to the pandemic. Dentists report a big uptick in patients grinding their teeth and … Continue reading >>

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Had enough of These Unprecedented Times?

January 4, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Please stop saying that: Every year since the mid seventies, Lake Superior State University in Michigan's UP takes nominations for overused, misused and useless words to dump. The goal is to … Continue reading >>

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Blizzard: a poem

December 28, 2020 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Blizzard by Linda Pastan the snowhas forgottenhow to stopit fallsstutteringat the glassa silk windsockof snowblowingunder the porch lighttangling treeswhich bendlike old womensnarledin their … Continue reading >>

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Let’s hear it for screaming

December 21, 2020 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Not feeling it This year my husband and I won't be hosting our annual neighborhood Christmas party, which involves weeks of decorating, planning, hand-wringing, fears that no one will actually show … Continue reading >>

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Creative Pursuits

November 30, 2020 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

My friend Desiree Cooper shared this post on Facebook. What memories it brought back to me! Without doubt, my creative pastimes as a child shaped who I am today. Solitary Play For hours, I … Continue reading >>

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Award- winning writer, poet & artist. Cynical optimist. Super klutz. Corgi fan. Author of two novels, a picture book which she wrote and illustrated, and five poetry chapbooks. More here.

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