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On Wednesday, my spouse, Kati, made Irish soda bread for dinner. While she mixed the dough in the dining room, Dante, our youngest cat,...

Back in December, my publisher asked me to select a song to represent my book. Actually, she asked all of the Year Of The Womxn authors...

S.B. Borgersen’s Collected Novellas  provides an intriguing look at family dynamics. What makes a family? And how does one’s upbringing...

Back in late December, my publisher told me that I should try to solicit blurbs for my memoir. Blurbs are the quotes you see on the back...

I was not a cat person. It’s not that I hated cats. It was more that I’m allergic to them and having grown up with a dog, I preferred...

A decade ago, I desperately wanted to join a local writing group that consisted predominantly of writers who graduated from the MFA...

On September 16, 2025, Unsolicited Press will release my memoir, Stolen: Love and Loss in the Time of Covid-19 . It will mark the five...

<p>Today is going to be a long and depressing day. Long days in the car aren’t bad when you are starting a trip, when you are full of anticipation and excitement about going somewhere new or doing something different. But when you are going home, when all the fun is over and another year of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A few horrible intense coughing fits in the middle of the night, but I did probably manage to get more sleep than I’ve been getting. At least I feel less zombie like this morning. The amount of dew on our tents when we woke up was incredible. If it had rained overnight our tents might [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Again, I got little sleep. I was up most of the night coughing. I’ve coughed so much that I pulled a muscle in my side. At some point though I must have gotten some sleep because I had a disturbing dream. I had a research paper due. It wasn’t long and it didn’t require many [&hellip;]</p>

<p>My family went to Culver’s for dinner last night and I asked them to bring me back a salad. Not cheese curds. Not frozen custard. Salad. That should give you an indication of how crappy I felt. The mucinex helped a bit. It kept me relatively cough free until six o’clock when I woke with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Day 16 I didn’t sleep nearly enough. We went to bed at ten, but at one, I was still trying to fall asleep. Our alarms went off at a quarter after four so that we could get up to Copper Harbor in time for our ferry. I don’t feel well. I have a cough and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I did not sleep well last night. I kept waking up and struggling to fall back to sleep. At least, since we have nothing to rush off to today, I got to sleep in till 7:30. I read for nearly an hour and then woke G3 up. He’s been wanting to play catch, but we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After an hour, the trailer finally stopped making noise and I was able to fall asleep. It rained, but not like the thunder and clouds promised. The rain—a medium rain—lasted only five minutes, maybe ten. Siskiwit Campground is definitely one I will never return to. Oh, and the mosquitoes were blood thirsty suckers both last [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We got to bed late last night. Sitting around the campfire was so enjoyable none of us wanted the evening to end. Therefore, when my alarm went off, no one wanted to get up. But we did. We broke camp quickly and were on the road by 7:30. We are heading to Grand Portage, back [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I slept better than I expected last night. It was cold—52 degrees when I went to bed. I just woke up and while I am warm in my sleeping bag, listening to the wind makes me not want to get up. It is still cold this morning. It feels like late fall. We drove down [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It rained again overnight. We woke up early and looking out the window, I could see puddles in the parking lot. Now, however, the sky has patches of blue. Hopefully, the clouds will all disperse as we continue west to Thunder Bay. Last night Kati was asleep early. This morning, her knee is badly swollen. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Day 8 Driving back from dinner last night, a young black bear ran across the road. Kati slammed on her brakes to avoid hitting her. I reached for my phone to take a picture, but I wasn’t fast enough. Hopefully, that will be our only bear encounter this trip. Once we returned to camp, we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I woke up early this morning and walked down to the beach to watch the sunrise. Watching the sun come up is always one of my favorite things to do on vacation. I love being out and about and feeling like I am alone in the world. It was chilly once I wiggled out of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>My alarm sounded early this morning since we have a long drive ahead of us to Sault Ste. Marie and we want time to properly explore it this afternoon. Not knowing when we will next be able to shower, we showered before having another bland breakfast at the hotel. In the States we have this [&hellip;]</p>