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Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- May 23, 2018
- 3 min
Patience When Cooking
At the end of a day of writing, reading other people’s work, and catching up on articles about the technical issues of creating work, the...
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- May 9, 2018
- 2 min
Loving This World
The month of May keeps making me pause, sniff the air for that spring scent of soil-moss-rain-rotted leaves-first flowers, check what’s c...
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- Apr 18, 2018
- 4 min
Grumpy Inertia
I’ve been in a bad mood lately, the kind of bad mood that makes me want to do nothing more than lay on the couch and watch T.V. I could b...
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- Mar 21, 2018
- 1 min
Springing into Action
Happy spring, everyone! Here in Minnesota, it doesn’t feel terribly spring-like yet. We still have a few inches of snow on the ground in ...
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- Nov 20, 2017
- 2 min
Turkey Season
Four wild turkeys – a tom and three hens – have been hanging around our neighborhood the past couple of weeks. The first time I saw them,...
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- Nov 6, 2017
- 2 min
Turning Inward
November is one of my favorite months. Wait, I think I may have said that about October, too. But I’m going to allow myself more than one...
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- Oct 2, 2017
- 2 min
Hello, October
It still doesn’t feel completely fall-like here given that we had 90+-degree weather in September, the fall leaf color is delayed, and th...
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- Sep 18, 2017
- 2 min
On a Rainy September Monday
Most of the time, I write my posts ahead of the date they appear. Not today. Today, I’m writing directly from my brain to One Minnesota W...
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- Dec 5, 2016
- 2 min
Of Poetry and Fudge
I spent much of the weekend reading slush for Gyroscope Review and thinking about our winter issue, which will be available on January 1....
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- Apr 18, 2016
- 2 min
Zen Monday
I began the day offline at the gym. After doing a couple of miles on the treadmill, followed by stretching and planks, I thought I would ...
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- Mar 21, 2016
- 4 min
Living in a Literary City
The Twin Cities area is host to a plethora of independent bookstores, author appearances and book signings, workshops and book festivals....
Kathleen Cassen Mickelson
- Sep 21, 2015
- 3 min
Letting Go – Again
We have so many opportunities to acquire things in this culture that there is a vast market for its counterpart: letting things go. My hu...
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