Gretchen Lindemann
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I am a writer, a mother, wife, daughter, sister, dancer, and a nurse. I also co-own an ice cream business with my husband. I am passionate about art and co-creation, and I believe creativity is humanity's saving grace.
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To Be Seen
"I see you," Neytiri says to Jake in Avatar, as she holds his frail body - his human body - for the first time. Previously, she had known him as one of her kind, the 10-foot tall, blue-skinned Na’vi. But in this exquisite moment, he lay in her arms in his human form after she had just saved his life. She is seeing him as his true self, with all of his weaknesses laid bare before her.
By Gretchen Lindemann5 years ago in Humans
Resolving to Blend
"Seeking balance - which feels like we're teetering on the edge, straining to ready ourselves - is not the goal. Instead, let's resolve to blend. Writing, family and work aren't isolated elements but moving parts with constant overlap that can inform, support, and even enhance one another." ~Nicole Gulotta, Wild Words
By Gretchen Lindemann5 years ago in Families
The Adventures of Mr. Schnoozle
(Continued from "The Adventures of Mr. Schnoozle: Foreword & Prologue") “It wasn’t long ago — only an eon or two — that the world was divided. In a harmonious sort of way. There were only several masses of land in this great oceanic expanse, and a smattering of islands. On one of these lands, called Willowbrook, lived all manner of curious and wonderful creatures. Willowbrook was ruled by magical mares and steeds: the Equinians. They watched over and protected the land, the skies and the bodies of water that touched it’s shores.
By Gretchen Lindemann5 years ago in Families
The Adventures of Mr. Schnoozle
FOREWORD Nearly two years after I was born, and only several months after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, my father sat down to write a story for his children, Eric and Gretchen. I can only assume that the impetus was watching us play in the backyard, delighted by our imaginations which ran freely in the out of doors.
By Gretchen Lindemann5 years ago in Families
