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Don Rearden
Apr 13, 20231 min read
Spring Tides
spring tides pull hard on the heart melt water fills streams tears, sometimes blood northern sun shines sad gusts of sorrow off the sea...
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Don Rearden
Apr 12, 20232 min read
The Last Salmon - a “Don Rearden poem” with a Shocking Disclaimer
[king of the king salmon, Kodiak, Alaska circa WhiteSox cap era] [the following poem contains a shocking disclaimer at the end with...
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Don Rearden
Apr 10, 20231 min read
Oh, Brother!
despite what my sisters say now I was not the best brother I teased and tortured them taunted and tattled I once loaded Beth into a leg...
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Don Rearden
Apr 9, 20231 min read
Winter Rises
January returned on Easter leaving zero doubt April snowflakes for lillies everyone whispering and shouting His name
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Don Rearden
Apr 8, 20231 min read
On Farts
old, silent violent, deadly wet, dry laugh, cry oh my long, short loud, proud smelly, stinky rotten egg bad, dad, mom girl, baby grandpa,...
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Don Rearden
Apr 7, 20231 min read
My Ghost Dog
some nights I still feel her there curled up below my side of the bed where she slept fifteen winters sixteen summers in the darkness I...
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Don Rearden
Apr 6, 20231 min read
SMELL
those people, with their smell and they tell us we can't even dwell on what stinks any more can't even open our mouths because we might...
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Don Rearden
Apr 5, 20231 min read
Cactus Heart
in the end the spines won't protect you tough skin barbed spikes deter creatures who know better except those with their own cactus heart...
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Don Rearden
Apr 4, 20231 min read
Today: Ice Cream
Today: Ice Cream the country wants ice cream expects ice cream served fresh hand scooped balanced, and fair same for everyone no...
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Don Rearden
Apr 3, 20231 min read
Death By Social Media 5.0
Death by Social Media 5.0 He liked her post first they shared a hashtag started a trend followed each other his heart all Insta, Twitter...
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Don Rearden
Apr 3, 20231 min read
An Assault on Words
words wielded, mean possess meaning make men mean possessive, possessed words assault, mean banishment, banned ban words assault bans...
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Don Rearden
Apr 2, 20231 min read
Tundra Saguaro
Tundra Saguaro I don't think the kids believe me when I tell them of the old days before tundra saguaro we ate blue berries the size of...
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Don Rearden
Nov 4, 20222 min read
Ambler Mining District Road: The Road to Nowhere for No one.
Stunning video courtesy of my buddy Seth Kantner, author of A Thousand Trails Home and Ordinary Wolves. Ambler Mining District Road: The...
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Don Rearden
Nov 1, 20223 min read
Ghost in the Parka
Let me share with you a Halloween haunting back when I lived in one of the little Yup’ik villages on the tundra of southwest Alaska. The...
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Don Rearden
Sep 28, 20213 min read
Breaking (Old) Anti-Vaccine News: From the Author of The Raven's Gift (a pandemic novel)
This New York Times piece from 2018, reveals how Russians have been pushing an anti-vaccine debate in our country long before you knew...
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Don Rearden
Feb 26, 20214 min read
Thankful for Another Year, and Oh What a Year!
A late note of appreciation for the birthday wishes and greetings a few weeks back. The last several weeks took a bit to sink in. Know...
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Don Rearden
Nov 26, 20203 min read
Joy, Relief, and Gratitude…
I write this letter of thanks as I curled up next to my sleeping daughter. For the longest time I have just laid here and stared at her...
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Don Rearden
Nov 19, 20201 min read
A Toast to Good News...
This will be brief, as my fingers have not yet warmed up after eight hours of standing around a bonfire, holding a half-antlered moose...
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Don Rearden
Oct 31, 20203 min read
A Blue Moon Halloween Treat!
I woke up this morning to an unexpected, once-in-a-blue-moon, crazy Halloween treat. My new book Without a Paddle is a #1 New Release in...
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Don Rearden
Oct 10, 20201 min read
Sneak Peek — My New Book
I’ve got writing news for you... Poems. An entire collection of them. Pre-order details coming soon. For now, enjoy this snapshot of the...
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