Karen Douglass, Author

Karen Douglass, Author: Prose & Poetry

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I just drove 8.9 miles to and back from my favorite library. It’s 4:50 pm and there’s traffic galore. Besides feeling a little guilty for driving my hybrid car, I was stupefied at how many cars were on the city streets. Don’t get me wrong, all the ones on my route out and home behaved…

April 18, 2022
A NEST OF WORDS

I’m not yet done with Pepys; his diary gives us physicality, action, not dreams, explanations, or fears. He tells us his wife has gone to visit her family, but not if he misses her. We see that he eats dinner and has drinks with friends. He gives us action and trusts that we will conjure…

April 16, 2022
TIMELESS?

There are days when I wonder if my words have value. What I write seems not memorable, not important in the grand scheme of things. But when I mentioned Samuel Pepys 1665 diary a couple of days ago, I was glad to have his generous gift to a future he could not have imagined. He…

April 13, 2022
A LESSON FROM HISTORY

I am a fan of the history of England and Ireland, as those are my ancestral parts of the world. And it seems that, while our recent pandemic is ugly, it’s not the worst in recorded history. If you want to see one of the worst, read a diary kept by Samuel Pepys in London…

April 11, 2022
POETRY FOR UKRAINE

POETRY FOR UKRAINE Poetry in support of Ukraine, from poets around the world. Paperback ISBN: 9798447088378 Kindle ASIN: B09X8H5P1Q I’ve been in contact with the editor for several years, and he is worthy of our support. I am proud to have my own work in this important volume. This is important; please consider purchasing this…

April 9, 2022