Karen Douglass, Author

Karen Douglass, Author: Prose & Poetry

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  • So many books, so little interest

    My poetry shelves are out of control. Recently I pulled out a few volumes and donated them. And I considered avoiding any of the four libraries available to me. Why, I ask you, do I borrow books when I already have too many within my reach? Yeah, yeah, I’ve read them all, but if I’m…

  • Fourth of July

    Once upon a time children started each school day by pledging allegiance to the flag. Do they still? I confess that my holiday started with a rant about all that’s troublesome in the USA now. But griping changes nothing, so here’s something to do instead: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States…

  • My future as a feline

    If I have a choice, I would like to be reincarnated as a house cat. While my natural hunting urge will be confined to house mice and small insects, the food and water bowls will mysteriously remain full, and there will be hiding places too small for the house dogs to reach me. In the…

  • Fatigue & fear

    Ordinarily I would have posted on Monday, but there was not much ordinary about that day, coming as it did after Sunday, when I feared for local people in a crowd. Fortunately, for my sanity late day Monday I met friends for dinner and then we went to a wonderful bookstore to hear two fine…

  • One of those days

    Today I feel like sludge. The news is wretched and the weather undecided. World news and rain are not in my control, so in search of distraction, I picked up marine biologist Rachel Carson’s early book, The Sea Around Us. Originally, published in 1951, it was reissued in 1961. Like me, she was at times…