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Author Archives: Llyn De Danaan
A Hare’s Breath
Memoir A hare’s breath or a hair’s breadth? I’ve come that close to the edge so many times. I choose the sweet hare’s breath then use her whiskers to measure how nearly I’ve come to missing my appointment with destiny. … Continue reading
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Bipedalism is Uncritically Accepted as a Given
Bipedalism is Uncritically Accepted as a Given Among Humans “Walking assuages or legitimizes…alienation.” Wanderlust: A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit July 32 2014 I did not crawl. Some say that’s a shame And did something to the development … Continue reading
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Katie Gale: The Cover Story for University of Nebraska Blog
The Story of the Cover / Katie Gale LLyn De Danaan in collaboration with Justine E. James, Jr. At a recent Pacific Northwest history conference in Vancouver, Washington, I was given a small display table in the sales room … Continue reading
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Katie Gale: The Back Story for University of Nebraska Blog
Katie Gale: A Coast Salish Woman’s Life on Oyster Bay The Back Story The publication of Katie Gale: A Coast Salish Woman’s Life on Oyster Bay is the happy product of many years of work. Katie Gale’s story started … Continue reading
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Salmon and Puget Sound Tribes
I was hired to do a part of a NEPA report several years ago. I worked with Karen James and Barbara Lane. I was responsible for the bulk of the writing. This report seems not to be available anywhere else, so … Continue reading
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Roots Music in Shelton
After stopping by Shelton’s Treasures Thrift Shop and ridding myself of a backseat-full of unwanted items that had inhabited an upstairs closet for many years, I stopped in Lynch Creek Floral for a latte. I love Lynch’s for its … Continue reading
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Celtic Colours: A Review of the 2012 Festival
Celtic Colours 2012: A Review Celtic Colours, named for the adornment of brilliant fall foliage that cloaks the hills on Cape Breton in October, recently finished its 16th year. Its mission, as Joella Foulds, founder and artistic director tolds … Continue reading
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Mountain of Shell: Working Draft of Article for Columbia Magazine
Mountain of Shell: The Poetry of Miyoko Sato and Yukiko Abo We learn from senryu that life is brief, our faults many and the ways we deceive ourselves innumerable. Senryu teaches us to be patient, to smile, to know the … Continue reading
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The Seduction of Charlie and Other Cat Stories
The Seduction of Charlie An introduction to irrational spaces and the art of shape shifting December 31 Remember that cat under my bed? Progress. Here is how close he has come to me after 1 month. He’s been … Continue reading
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In the Charnel House
In the Charnel House 12/11/2011 In the charnel house of my still breathing soul, There hangs, on rusted peg, a long descending scale of ancient thoughts. Nearby are meaty ribs, the outlines of the things I meant to do. I … Continue reading
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