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essays, fiction, poetry, songs
I took care of a hay and cattle ranch in northeastern Oregon, then the water inlets for the city of Bend, Oregon, on Tumalo Mountain, then a Girl Scout ranch in the Rocky Mountains near Denver and then another Girl Scout ranch in the Rocky Mountains near Fort Collins, Colorado. Laura and I and our daughters, Juniper and Amanda, lived on the places we took care of. My family participated in the caretaking and in the adventures of living in the mountains, nearly outside the consumer culture. Much of my writing tells about our experience as a family on remote ranches, close to wildlife and away from the consumer society. I’ve
published essays, short fiction, and poetry in The Crab Creek
Review, Back Home, Bellowing Ark, Bugle, The Christian Science Monitor,
The Doula, The Fiddlehead, Home Educator’s Family Times, Home Schooling,
Men's Fitness,
Northwest, Summit, The Sun, a Magazine of Ideas, Yoga International, The
Wolf Head Quarterly, Zyzzyva,
and other magazines and newspapers. I’ve published books of fiction, and
books of non
fiction.
Stuff: Short and Happy Life of Spaghetti Johnson fiction. Iron Thumb, Beavers and Me Essay from archives. Writing a New Poem and Reading Christianity Reviled essay. A Man of Power, with spikes on His Boots Essay. More essays, poems, songs and stories are available in Archives. Other Stuff: Raven and Coyote fiction. No TV, No Cell Phone, Essay. Tips for Writers 1 Essay. Gathering Images from a Wandering Journey Essay. I Walked up the Hill Poem and Reading The Insidious Development of Keyboarditis Essay. More essays, poems, songs and stories are available in Archives. Featured: Killing Rattlesnakes Essay from archives. Venison Summer Essay. Storms on the Pete Mann Ditch Essay Dark Night in a Dark Cabin essay. The Dark Heart of Winter Essay by Laura Remmerde. Driving Flies Essay and Reading from archives. Housework by Gender Essay from archives. Golden Belgian, Golden Autumn Essay. Time Flies When I'm Having Fun essay. More of everything is available in Archives.
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