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photo by John David Dela-Peri What is Magic? It is fierceness and generosity. It is one hundred children sitting cross-legged on the...

Here’s a cut-up poem made with “The Princess & the Frog.” #Art #Poetry

Photo by Niklas Rhöse on Unsplash Hailey had a magic pocket watch. The thing was, she didn’t know it was magic. She only knew it was old,...

Are you in Northern Minnesota? I hope you can join me for one of these free shows! (And bring your friends). How did Turtle get cracks in...

#mantrapages : After years of faithfully writing Morning Pages (and loving it), I quit (to my surprise) last spring. As I’ve returned to...

#NewspaperBlackout #Poetry

I used to be pretty intimidated by yeast breads. (To be honest, I still have an illogical wariness– I treat them the way I treat horses:...

This made my day! Thanks, Abigail– and thanks to aunts who buy books for dreamers! #FanMail #letter #TheMarvelousImaginationofKatieAddams

The Yawn Snatcher is a wily creature. It has curling horns, And curving fingers. Its feet are quiet as a whisper. You won’t ever hear it...

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We’ve got friends up in Hovland (further up Highway 61). They live in a dovetail log cabin they built themselves, from trees they cut on...

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My grandparents’ house was sold at the end of the summer. This was a Century Farm, meaning it had been in the family for over 100 years;...

#NewspaperBlackout #Poetry

#NewspaperBlackout #Poetry

Twelve years ago on October 12th, I finished my show as Pippi Longstocking at the Norsk Høstfest and walked around to say hello to the...

I used to think my grandma was a little crazy for having such an enormous garden. I helped her once, but even being paid to weed couldn’t...

I taught my first pie workshop at North House Folk School to a group of 8th graders from the Virgin Islands! I grew up in Braham, the...