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Patience When Cooking

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, there is nothing better than doing something that doesn’t require a computer. Something that makes me stand up, move around, be with other people. Leave the virtual world behind. For me, that means getting into the kitchen. That ritual of creating a meal to share teaches me about patience, using my senses, selecting the right ingredients. Over

What Do You Do On Your Day Off?

Kathleen Cassen Mickelson

Feb 20, 2017
3 min

What Do You Do On Your Day Off?

Do you have today off in honor of Presidents Day? I do not have the day off. I’ll be reading slush later today, as well as working on a couple of my own things. And that’s fine with me. It’s raining here in February, which is weird and not a particularly good sign, but the sound of the rain on the roof is the perfect accompaniment to working with poetry. My partner didn’t have the day off either, so it’s just me and the dog hanging around. She’s been sticking close to me sinc

Promptly Speaking

Kathleen Cassen Mickelson

Feb 6, 2017
2 min

Promptly Speaking

Who watched the Super Bowl last night? Millions of us, including me. I’m not exactly a sports fan, but there is something about this final football game of the season that pulls me in. I used to think I was pulled in by the fun commercials that accompany the game, the spectacular half-time shows (Lady Gaga gets a lot of respect from me for last night’s performance), and the chance to hang out eating stuff that isn’t good for me. But it’s more than that. There’s that sense of

Old School

Kathleen Cassen Mickelson

May 5, 2015
4 min

Old School

I am going old school for this blog post. I am writing it by hand first, composing it in our neighborhood Caribou Coffee, without connecting to wi-fi. Our neighborhood Caribou has a long wooden table with a dozen chairs around it. The table sits in front of a bank of floor-to-ceiling windows. It’s great for people who come in alone. We can all just plunk down at an open chair, share the table with ease. My favorite thing is to face the windows at the tail-end of the lunch hou

The Angel Card Experiment: Today’s Card is “Peace”

Kathleen Cassen Mickelson

Feb 17, 2015
3 min

The Angel Card Experiment: Today’s Card is “Peace”

To begin this post, I jotted down my first thoughts while drinking coffee at a neighborhood coffeehouse: PEACE a slowing of breath, of heartbeat a calm pond, serenity a ceasefire – global, political, or between lovers, friends, family Christmas slumber, death breaking of bread – via religion or a shared meal a clean bedroom quiet gardens – in all their stages – mirror of the peace process? an empty church in the middle of the day a book, a blanket, a glass of wine while it sn

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Kathleen Cassen Mickelson

Feb 25, 2012
1 min

Check out the Fragments

Every Friday, I post First Five Fragments for Friday over at One Minnesota Writer on Blogger. Today, someone finally (!) posted their own fragments in return. Never mind that I’ve ended my Friday posts with, “..and your fragments are?” since I started writing them. Check it out here: http://oneminnesotawriter.blogspot.com #writing #writingprompts