Massachusetts, Circa 1988 I am thinking about the first time anyone heard the word computer. Was it like when I learned what Windows was? Or how a GPS could magically take me anywhere I wanted without getting lost? No more need to stop in for maps I’d never fold back in their…
-Katherine Gotthardt I am thinking of my last mistake. Not the previous one. The one that will do me in. The one that will cut through pieces of my life…
What I Have Come to Believe (Or, Poetically Speaking...)Writing poetry has required I develop a philosophy and think deeply on the meaning of existence. For some people, religion serves that purpose. …
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By Katherine Gotthardt This morning and I’m thinking of the wolpertinger, shy but fierce creature of the night. Bavarian, so it sounds exotic. I don’t…
-Katherine Gotthardt What I really want is this: to go back to the time on the front lawn, worn blanket on crabgrass and wildflowers, baby dolls and tea…
This morning, the coffee pot looked different, my husband having switched out one gadget for another, far too complicated for such an early hour. And so…
My dear friend, this morning at 4 I found myself breathing into the fur of my dog’s thick neck and thought, perhaps I’ve been holding too tightly to…
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Katherine Gotthardt, Writing to Give Back