Category Archives: Writing

The Place Before the Words – a poem

Posted on August 8, 2015 by kathrynrickert

Not the kind of place anyone chooses, but more of a movable place that comes to those who see dimly their own tenderness Continue reading →

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Not returning to “normal”

Posted on June 6, 2015 by kathrynrickert

But how not to waste my suffering light? Continue reading →

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A Book Review – May We Be Forgiven by A. M. Homes

Posted on June 22, 2014 by kathrynrickert

  At this time in my life I read various kinds of books for very different reasons. By far, much of what I read is some form of escape from my present reality. Such reading is one means of surviving … Continue reading →

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Memory, Writing, and Going to the Dentist

Posted on March 19, 2012 by kathrynrickert

“….writing is about memory and the storage of memories, more than about communication” John Rogerson Perhaps this idea that writing is more about memory and the storage of memories, rather than communication, is why I find it necessary to write, … Continue reading →

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The Suffering of Others and my Joy?

Posted on July 14, 2010 by kathrynrickert

Her garden is as beautiful as her life is painful. I hope that the beauty does something to mitigate the pain, but I am not so sure. Continue reading →

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Writing Through Difference…impossible!

Posted on May 14, 2010 by kathrynrickert

So I have been wondering for several weeks now if there is any way at all to write, think, hear, read, speak across difference so as to actually arrive at the other side without doing damage to myself , to the other, or the differences. Continue reading →

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