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    ktinseattle
    • Oct 8, 2021
    • 6 min

    Forward

    When people ask why I moved to Seattle I answer truthfully, “I wanted to write poetry in coffee shops and look out at the rain.” It is an...
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    What I Won’t Miss, What I’ll Miss in Seattle
    ktinseattle
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    What I Won’t Miss, What I’ll Miss in Seattle

    (In the spirit of Nora Ephron's What I'll Miss, What I Won't Miss) What I Won’t Miss Traffic Slow buses that take an hour to go five...
    269 views1 comment
    The Red Shoes
    ktinseattle
    • Aug 6, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Red Shoes

    I found my red shoes in Paris. In Paris women walked everywhere. They did it in heels and flats and colorful espadrilles. They did it...
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    Wildflowers
    ktinseattle
    • May 22, 2021
    • 6 min

    Wildflowers

    "How many nights had the ocean rocked me to sleep? How many times had I lain on the ground and felt its sustenance? How many times had I...
    146 views2 comments
    Hard Candy
    ktinseattle
    • Jan 18, 2021
    • 5 min

    Hard Candy

    “There was freedom, there was peace, there was, most welcome of all, a summoning together, a resting on a platform of stability.” --To...
    213 views0 comments
    A Good, Great Thing
    ktinseattle
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Good, Great Thing

    “‘In an emergency,’ the Scarecrow announced, ‘it is always a good thing to pause and reflect. Please excuse me while I pause and...
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    I Traveled the Americas with 5 Canned Cocktails from Cutwater Spirits
    ktinseattle
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    I Traveled the Americas with 5 Canned Cocktails from Cutwater Spirits

    Lime Vodka Soda: I don’t drink a lot of vodka so I didn’t really know what to expect. But I did expect to go somewhere exotic, the “Isle...
    136 views1 comment
    The Rabbit Hole
    ktinseattle
    • Dec 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Rabbit Hole

    “Instead of killing himself, he travelled and wrote.” -Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene It began with Bourdain’s Kitchen...
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    Slouching Towards Reality:           My Summer with Joan Didion
    ktinseattle
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 2 min

    Slouching Towards Reality: My Summer with Joan Didion

    I discovered Didion when I was putting off writing. Not putting off being a writer, but the actual doing of the thing. Instead, I...
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    Ghostbusters
    ktinseattle
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 6 min

    Ghostbusters

    “People who live with fires think a great deal about what will happen ‘when’....” -Joan Didion, “Fire Season,” After Henry On October 29,...
    108 views0 comments
    Harvest Moon
    ktinseattle
    • Oct 4, 2020
    • 8 min

    Harvest Moon

    “Those who have long dared to dream can now stake their place on the winner's podium. This is traditionally called the Harvest Moon...
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    Snow Country
    ktinseattle
    • Jul 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    Snow Country

    "The train came out of the long tunnel into the snow country." --Yasunari Kawabata This is how Snow Country begins. The first line and...
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    36 Days, One Trip to the Grocery Store
    ktinseattle
    • May 16, 2020
    • 8 min

    36 Days, One Trip to the Grocery Store

    “There stands a hulk of a refrigerator with enough space to store a winter’s worth of food. I lean against the shiny door, glance away...
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    The Middle of the Story
    ktinseattle
    • Apr 28, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Middle of the Story

    The other night I watched Monkey Business, the story of the creators of Curious George. You know part of the story: the curious,...
    164 views0 comments
    Permission Granted
    ktinseattle
    • Mar 5, 2020
    • 7 min

    Permission Granted

    What was it really like to spend a week in Fiji with Elizabeth Gilbert? Was it really that easy to hang out with her? Well, we didn’t...
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    Easy Fiji
    ktinseattle
    • Feb 28, 2020
    • 6 min

    Easy Fiji

    I went to a women’s retreat in Fiji because I wanted to spend a week on a tiny island with Elizabeth Gilbert. I knew that even if we...
    334 views6 comments
    The Island of Women
    ktinseattle
    • Feb 8, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Island of Women

    “I could dive straight down now, even if I still couldn’t go that far. If I took several shallow dives, then I could risk a deeper one.”...
    118 views2 comments
    Linda Ronstadt and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra Ruined Me for Love, Beautifully
    ktinseattle
    • Feb 1, 2020
    • 8 min

    Linda Ronstadt and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra Ruined Me for Love, Beautifully

    We learn about love from the music we hear as a child. Some of it’s our choosing, like my well-loved cassette of Madonna’s Immaculate...
    186 views2 comments
    They Don’t Make a Card for That
    ktinseattle
    • Dec 17, 2019
    • 4 min

    They Don’t Make a Card for That

    The holiday cards are coming in. Rounded edges. Matte finish. “Merry Happy Jolly.” Equal pictures of each kid, and maybe one picture of...
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    The Long Game
    ktinseattle
    • Dec 10, 2019
    • 5 min

    The Long Game

    “It’s time to eat your vegetables,” a friend had said when I was deciding what to do about a trip. When I asked her what she meant, she...
    169 views0 comments
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