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Author Archives: Kelli K.
I Went Home Today
I went home today. Engulfed in a water cold cloud. Track season. The busy street within earshot delivers high-energy crashing waves from the abundant rain. With my back to the large window, it sounds like the Oregon coast, brought to … Continue reading
Posted in High School- Florence, OR, OR
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Poison Idea
I’ve been thinking about this blog for a while; what’s missing. Of course it is has to be my years going to shows and watching my favorite band, Poison Idea. Music and going to shows has been one of my … Continue reading
Posted in High School- Florence, OR, Memoir, Uncategorized
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50
I wanted to take a moment to write to my younger sisters and brothers. I am enjoying a significant birthday this year. I wanted to share whatever small amount of wisdom I can muster. 50 is good, a little creakier, … Continue reading
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Whittaker Creek
My daughter has reminded me, every day for the past week, that we must go back to school shopping. As the excitement of the new year begins to sprout in her mind, I close my eyes hard and reach for … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd Grade- Eugene, OR, Uncategorized
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An Encounter With Winter
Clouds descending o’er the hills A blanket, cold and white The bite of winter gives me chills I must be home tonight The woods have shed their autumn reds, And every tree is bare; For summer’s cloak has long … Continue reading
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Smoke on the Water
Scanning the channels, the signal pauses on an old metal station: Iron Man- Black Sabbath. My husband secures the scan and asks, “I wonder if he’s really talking about Iron Man,” and fades into his secret comic book world. I … Continue reading
Life in a Tee-Pee
We moved a lot when I was a kid. Conflict resolution typically came in the form of leaving town. Most years we started a new school, some years we’d stay for two. Sometimes we’d come home from school and the other … Continue reading
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Although I Didn’t Quite Understand It, I Liked It
The posters on his wall fascinated me. These were so different from the Leif Garrett poster on the back of my bedroom door. I would sneak into his bedroom when he wasn’t home, and sit and stare; creating a story … Continue reading
Posted in 6th and 7th Grade- Gresham
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With Intensity and Purpose
Artwork by my youngest angel
Watch Them
“Watch them,” she said. And so I did, kneeling down to get a closer look. As intently as I studied the Daddy Long Legs earlier in the day, moving from the shade into the bright sunlight diagonally splayed across the … Continue reading
Posted in 1st and 2nd Grade- Missoula, MT
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