Denise E Lindquist
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I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.
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Have You Enjoyed Your Life
Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones Deck prompts — "Have you enjoyed your life?" one of Edwidge Danticat's brothers asks his father after the father tells his children he has a fatal disease (Brother, I'm Dying). Let me ask this of you: Have you enjoyed your life? No matter what your age, look back in this moment and respond.
By Denise E Lindquist7 months ago in Writers
Nothing At All Happened
Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones Deck prompts - "Nothing at all happened." Go, ten minutes. Overthinking kills your happiness? Is that true? I know that to worry about something happening is kind of like that. We can worry that something is going to happen, and then it doesn't.
By Denise E Lindquist7 months ago in Writers
American Indians 101
Things I have heard growing up. From a black man — “I didn’t know you could leave the reservation.” From white men — “You don’t need to work, do you? Doesn’t the government support you? Free schooling, free medical, no taxes?” More recently, others have been surprised by my time in recovery as the stereotype is — “I thought all Indians were drunken Indians” (That used to be said, now it appears to be thought but not spoken)
By Denise E Lindquist7 months ago in Education
