Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
We head home tomorrow after a week of vacationing with some family members and seeing others in summer jobs or new adventures in life. Today, it’s just the two of us, in the surprising Sand Hills of northern Nebraska. So many little lakes in middle of green prairies grasses, and the sky dominates everything. Yesterday… Read More
The early bird can keep the worm. I’ll take the coffee. Some days, you make the coffee. Other day, the coffee makes you. “Oh, coffee, you’re so fine. You’re so fine you blow my mind. Hey, coffee. Hey, Hey, coffee!”Be honest. You didn’t read that, you sang it. My idea of a good time involves… Read More
If you see me drinking coffee and talking to myself, DO NOT DISTURB.I’m having a staff meeting, and I’m in charge. So, you’re telling me that people in math problems can have 75 bananas and 25 watermelons, but when I have 5 cups of coffee, I’m the one with the problem? Coffee: a magical substance… Read More
You never know what I have up my sleeve.For example, today it was a dryer sheet. My patience is essentially the same as a gift card.I’m not sure how much is left on it, but you can give it a try, if you dare. The older I get, the more I understand why roosters just… Read More
You, yes, YOU, are invited to an interactive opportunity, an exercise in laughter through visuals. I’ll supply the visuals—you bring the laughter. Practice making these faces. You never know when a kid will walk by and look at you. Now look around. Anybody looking? Anybody laughing?
Talk is cheap, because the supply always exceeds the demand. I asked my doctor how to cure water on the brain.He suggested a tap on the head. My boyfriend told me he failed his test in Aboriginal music.I ask, “Didja redo it?” Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.
My friend Dale has spent the last few years living this cancer-life, although he was told at one time that his life span was a matter of months. But here he is, still popping up out of the box. And he’s not alone. Many of us are in that boat: a flurry of crises, treatments,… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 