What’s on my mind?
Contaminated water, pipelines, watersheds, aquifers; Yellowstone River, Ohio River, Lake Michigan; our oceans; Standing Rock and peaceful, prayerful resistance everywhere; religions and spiritual beliefs. How many times must my mind circle these topics daily?
Protecting our water is a life-preserving necessity. Join me by protesting the action of the 1% who push the pipelines, fail to clean up the oil, saltwater and fracking residues, and dump oilfield sludge into our oceans; and refuse to respect the holiness of the life-giving waters and sacred land.
Protest with prayer and peace; write letters, call a political figure, attend meetings, donate time or money to legitimate causes. Efforts from all who believe in protecting our environment make widespread differences.
Sitting at my sister’s kitchen table with a glass of tap water and I wonder about the safety. What a conundrum…a gal needs to drink.
Which brings me to another mind shuffling topic; the bottled water industry, but that is for another day.
On any given day, I can be found drinking coffee in my favorite shops while people-watching in Kalispell, Montana. However, the art of writing is first in a line of my many interests. My genres of choice are poetry and short fiction. I also enjoy hiking, biking, watching movies and the occasional game night with friends. “Interneting” and “facebooking” with long distance internet “sisters” and family are activities that I also find enjoyable.
My current writing goals include a compilation of an anthology of poetry and short stories entitled “Twice the Tornado”, plus a historical fictional novel based on the life of a Bitterroot Valley, Montana pioneer woman.
Currently, living in the Flathead Valley of Montana, I am in a close relationship with my best friend and help care for our family of four dogs and two cats. Surrounded by rivers, trees and mountains, I find plenty of inspiration for writing topics. Living in close proximity to Glacier National Park, I am able to form interesting characters from the many tourists passing through. I guess I could say that I have chosen the perfect time and place to return to my writing career.
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