Swagger & Ink
Stories that traverse the landscapes of womanhood, aging, and the American West—where grit meets grace.
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- Academia 1
- Aging Angry 1
- Amanda Moments 2
- America 10
- Anger 2
- Chavela 1
- Cruelty 1
- Death 1
- Essay 1
- Family 6
- Inspiration 5
- Interview 10
- LGBTQ 1
- Marriage 1
- Narrative Inquiry 3
- Nature 3
- New Zealand 15
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- Poetry 20
- Publication 3
- Punctuation 1
- Recipe 4
- Review 22
- Short Story 5
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- Teaching and Learning 1
- War 2
- Women 3
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- aging 1
A Holiday Rant
Before you realize what you’re doing she realizes you are staring at her. What do you say?
Books are Never Done
The essence of book is not a thing. It’s a process.
Politics and Halloween
Ten year old Elizabeth Roess scored a victory for Halloween this year when she brought trick-or-treating back to Oil City, Pennsylvania.
I Pledge Allegiance
I was pledging allegiance to my country. I could live with that.
Mizpah
I like purple, but that wasn't the reason I bought it.
Finding Wyoming
Hiking out from the lakes, you can save a mile or so by taking the short cut where the sheep carcass used to be.
A different kind of health care system
This week I received clear evidence that New Zealand does indeed have a different kind of health care system.
More Death and Funerals
It gets closer to home this week, when Bronwyn's husband passed away at age 48 from a kind of leukemia.
Death and Funerals
Story Weekend
People have told me how COLD kiwi homes could be, and they were certainly right!
Words, Words, Upside-down Words
Some Odds & Ends From New Zealand …
Wordsmith Interview with Crack the Spine
When I was ten, I won an essay contest sponsored by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. That’s when I realized I could write and I haven’t stopped since.
“Breathe Deeply, Read Widely.”