ktinseattleOct 8, 20216 minForwardWhen 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...
ktinseattleOct 7, 20211 minWhat 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...
ktinseattleAug 6, 20216 minThe Red ShoesI found my red shoes in Paris. In Paris women walked everywhere. They did it in heels and flats and colorful espadrilles. They did it...
ktinseattleMay 22, 20216 minWildflowers"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...
ktinseattleJan 18, 20215 minHard Candy“There was freedom, there was peace, there was, most welcome of all, a summoning together, a resting on a platform of stability.” --To...
ktinseattleDec 17, 20204 minA 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...
ktinseattleDec 8, 20202 minI Traveled the Americas with 5 Canned Cocktails from Cutwater SpiritsLime 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...
ktinseattleDec 2, 20202 minThe Rabbit Hole“Instead of killing himself, he travelled and wrote.” -Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene It began with Bourdain’s Kitchen...
ktinseattleNov 25, 20202 minSlouching Towards Reality: My Summer with Joan DidionI discovered Didion when I was putting off writing. Not putting off being a writer, but the actual doing of the thing. Instead, I...
ktinseattleOct 16, 20206 minGhostbusters“People who live with fires think a great deal about what will happen ‘when’....” -Joan Didion, “Fire Season,” After Henry On October 29,...
ktinseattleOct 4, 20208 minHarvest 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...
ktinseattleJul 23, 20204 minSnow 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...
ktinseattleMay 16, 20208 min36 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...
ktinseattleApr 28, 20205 minThe Middle of the StoryThe other night I watched Monkey Business, the story of the creators of Curious George. You know part of the story: the curious,...
ktinseattleMar 5, 20207 minPermission GrantedWhat 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...
ktinseattleFeb 28, 20206 minEasy FijiI 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...
ktinseattleFeb 8, 20205 minThe 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.”...
ktinseattleFeb 1, 20208 minLinda Ronstadt and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra Ruined Me for Love, BeautifullyWe 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...
ktinseattleDec 17, 20194 minThey Don’t Make a Card for ThatThe holiday cards are coming in. Rounded edges. Matte finish. “Merry Happy Jolly.” Equal pictures of each kid, and maybe one picture of...
ktinseattleDec 10, 20195 minThe 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...