Household Rant
I know I am not alone in this: there are things that drive me crazy about the current state of my house. Things that make...
Archives
I write to shine a light on a dim or otherwise pitch black corner…to provide relief for myself and others. It’s the light that I am looking for. And the wonder it illuminates. May my words land in your heart. yours, Laura
Pear Cake Bliss
Okay, I know I said that I don’t bake– not to any large extent, but I ran into a friend at the copy store and...
A Mind of Winter
Every year that we get an early snow, this happens: I get low. I feel robbed. Fall is not finished. The Tamarack are still flaxen....
Personal Day
When is the last time you took a personal day? Mine was yesterday. I had just come off a few stunningly wonderful days in San...
Dreaming Big.
A few years ago, there was a major threat to the open space around our town. It inspired me to get involved in a way...
Form? Function? Does it Matter?
Form? Function? Does it Matter? It makes us stop and take a look. Cildo Meireles, Thread, 1990-95 48 bales of hay, one 18-carat gold needle,...
Bittersweet Homecomings
As seen on the Huffington Post I have had many homecomings lately. Though none of them involved sports. Instead, they were returns to places where...
LOVE FEST
Okay—I’m back. Suitcase still sitting in the corner of my bedroom. Mouse droppings all over my office. River birches flaxen. Dark cool mornings. Silence at...
Wishing Tree
There are two Yoko Ono Wishing Trees that I know of: One at the Guggenheim in Venice. One at the Museum of Modern Art in...
Sentimental Recipes: Pomarola Sauce
In my book, THIS IS NOT THE STORY YOU THINK IT IS, I include a recipe that I hold near and dear. Not because it’s...
Phobia (Faux-bia?)
Me and the Otis Company. By Laura Munson I like to think of myself as a level-headed person. Calm in crisis. Rational in an argument....
The heart language of an Italian family.
In 1986, I sat in a classroom at the Syracuse University school, in the Piazza Savonarola in Florence, Italy, waiting to meet the people...
Back to School– a mother’s bemoanings
Mornings Like This: An Ode to Back-to-School Well, it happened. My daughter is in high school. My son in middle school. Both as of this...
Pimenton Obsession
Every once in awhile, I get obsessed with something. It usually involves aroma. When I was a teenager it was Christian Dior Diorissimo perfume, because...
The Sweet Smell of Rejection
I got a rejection yesterday. If you’re a writer it’s a regular occurance, I don’t care who you are. But this one made me belly...
Bodhisattva
Meet Bodie. My 14 year old daughter’s bear. She named him on her own at age two. Not knowing anything about Bodhisattva, and if I’ve...
“Taps” on Adhocmom.com
http://www.adhocmom.com/2010/08/taps-by-laura-munson-2/I had this piece posted here for a short time and took it down, because I felt it needed a new home in the proper...
Dog Fog
As seen in the Huffington Post When you travel across the country city-to-city, in my case on a recent book tour, you notice trends. Menus...
The Firefighter and the Grizzly Bear (posted May 2009)
Laura A. Munson The Firefighter and the Grizzly Bear by Laura A. Munson I sat next to a New York City firefighter this morning, at...
Daily Tips for Writers
I have been writing these tips daily on Twitter http://twitter.com/Lauramunson Hope they help. Be intentional. Get to know your “third eye.” And don’t let life...
Apology. Grace.
A person from my past, with whom I’m have not kept in touch, sent me an email today, apologizing for being mean to me when we were in...
Handy: a rant inspired by the county fair
I am orignially from the city. Chicago. New York. Boston. Seattle. And a few others along the way. But I’ve lived in Montana for 17...
“Glory Daze”
Okay– I know it’s obnoxious to post a photo of yourself when you weighed 119 pounds and all your dreams were coming true, but I...
My Guest Post on Arielle Ford’s Huffington Post Blog
My take on what it’s like to finally be a published book author. It might surprise you… Write It and They Will Come She followed...
Awesome Australian Review!
Great review and responses from blogger Down Under! http://realizebeauty.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/book-review-this-is-not-the-story-you-think-it-is/#comment-1268
Circling the Heart of Community
Take a quick mind stroll down your top five favorite buildings from childhood. Now take away any of them that were closed to the public....
At the Rodeo
When I go to a rodeo, I’m never sure how to feel. My mouth is just open, full of dirt and whisper-swearing. PC thinking gets...
Diminutive Spires
i am a little church(no great cathedral) far from the splendor and squalor of hurrying cities -i do not worry if briefer days grow briefest,...
Every Barn Has a Face
Have you ever noticed that every barn has a face? I grew up in the Mid-west and my parents liked to travel and money was...
Fourth of July Blues
(for Dad) Who are you on the Fourth of July? Pyromaniac? Misty-eyed, singing along with a military choir? Are you throwing candy from a firetruck...
Support The Whitefish Trail!
THE WHITEFISH TRAIL (formally known as The Trail Runs Through It project) I have lived in Whitefish for 17 years. When I first moved here,...
Wet Day
There is something fiercely gratifying about hearing a sump pump working below you, every four or five minutes motoring from the basement bowels, and then...
This blogger nailed what my book is about
http://reflectionsonthepond.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-not-book-you-think-it-is.html
Summer Rules
I did it. I made a NO TV rule today. One week into summer and I was actively watching my children’s brains melt as they...
Urban Jungle
“New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of There’s nothin’ you can’t do Now you’re in New York These streets will make you feel...