Musings Archives - Karen Keltz https://karenkeltz.com/category/musings/ Writing, gardening, and commentary about life in general Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:07:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 182946241 After the parables https://karenkeltz.com/after-the-parables/ https://karenkeltz.com/after-the-parables/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:06:46 +0000 https://karenkeltz.com/?p=650 When I finished reading The Parable of the Talents, I saw that I had turned down the corners of four pages. I’ve been taught that’s a very naughty thing to do to a book, but since it’s my own, I did it anyway. I remember as a college student, using used texts to save money,… Read More »After the parables

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]]> https://karenkeltz.com/after-the-parables/feed/ 1 650 The parable of the sower and the parable of the talents https://karenkeltz.com/the-parable-of-the-sower-and-the-parable-of-the-talents/ https://karenkeltz.com/the-parable-of-the-sower-and-the-parable-of-the-talents/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:21:31 +0000 https://karenkeltz.com/?p=645 I am just finishing up the second in a series of science fiction novels by Octavia L. Butler, so amazing because reading them felt like being plunked down in the middle of, oh, maybe next year or the year after, if things keep going the way they are. Because of that, they are terrifying. The Parable… Read More »The parable of the sower and the parable of the talents

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]]> https://karenkeltz.com/the-parable-of-the-sower-and-the-parable-of-the-talents/feed/ 4 645 los duendes https://karenkeltz.com/los-duendes/ https://karenkeltz.com/los-duendes/#comments Sat, 17 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://karenkeltz.com/?p=589 Los Duendes: It’s My Story and I’m Sticking, Really Sticking, To It Whose house this is I cannot think. Encrusted dishes jam the sink.Tomatoes rot inside the fridgeAnd curdled milk I dare not drink.I swear I cleaned house yesterdayI folded clothes, put them away.I vacuumed, mopped and dusted, too.Who caused this mess I cannot say.But I… Read More »los duendes

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]]> https://karenkeltz.com/los-duendes/feed/ 3 589 A february day https://karenkeltz.com/a-february-day/ https://karenkeltz.com/a-february-day/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://karenkeltz.com/?p=580 You look out the window to see the dark cloud cover, a gray beret atop the blue bald pate of the sky. Snow comes later today, it’s been foretold. You’re glad for the turtleneck and sweater you wear, the thick wool socks. Even inside it’s chilly. You watch the neighbor’s steers rubbing against each other,… Read More »A february day

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