What It Was Like While My Cat Was Likely Dying

by Katie | Apr 23, 2018 | Essay, Family, Life is Long

Image alt text: A black American Shorthair cat lounging on its side, with purple flowers in the foreground. This is not a photograph of Princess Richard, who is far more snooty looking.  Two weeks ago, my cat, Princess Richard, was attacked by a “large...

Essay: Don’t Ever Let Go

by Katie | Apr 8, 2018 | Creative Writing, Essay, Family, Life is Long, Sports, Travel

Note: This is an original essay that I’m publishing for the first time here on my blog. This essay is dedicated to my father. My father is smart to bring a sleeping bag for me. He is correct to figure that his nine-year-old daughter doesn’t share his...

On Writing, On Disability, On Mothering, Briefly

by Katie | Mar 4, 2018 | Creative Writing, Disability, Essay, Family

I’m emergency-homeschooling my kids. I’m emergency-homeschooling my kids because twice now the disability services in the schools they were enrolled in failed us. This fall, we will enroll them in a third school, and try again. I never (not really) write...

I Got a Wife and Kids in Baltimore Jack

by Katie | Jan 9, 2018 | Creative Writing, Essay, Life is Long, Travel

[Alt Text for banner image: A sunset photograph of Camden Yards from the 18th Floor of an adjacent hotel.] I lived in Baltimore many years ago. I earned my master’s in creative writing here. When I was riding in from BWI, my Lyft driver, who is relatively new to...