Writings Archives - Karen Keltz

After the parables

keltzster — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:06:46 +0000

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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The parable of the sower and the parable of the talents

keltzster — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:21:31 +0000

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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I wish…

keltzster — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000

I wish… My all-encompassing wish is that you live. That is all.I am sitting with you as medical personnel of all levels prepare you for the procedure. My heart is racing and yours is galumphing because of the atrial fibrillation the procedure should correct. I hold my fear quiet inside as to not exacerbate yours. … Read More »I wish…

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los duendes

keltzster — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000

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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A february day

keltzster — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000

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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Like it or lump it

keltzster — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 19:36:37 +0000

My mother was one to spout what she thought an apt aphorism for certain occasions. Sometimes they made sense and other times, not a whit. One of those phrases was, “Like it or lump it.” I understood that she meant I’d have to deal with whatever it was, or as is said today by modern… Read More »Like it or lump it

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So Many Questions

keltzster — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 20:04:03 +0000

I forget I’m not 25, the age I feel, until the grocery clerk asks, “Do you qualify for any special discounts today?” I look at him like my brains have fallen out and my mouth forgot how to articulate, until the bagger shouts, “Senior Discount! Senior Discount!” Her voice reaches that tiny speck of comprehension… Read More »So Many Questions

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Visiting the immersive “Beyond Van Gogh”

keltzster — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:50:00 +0000

I cry every time I’m in the presence of paintings by the Impressionists, so it’s no wonder I spent the entire time I experienced the immersive “Beyond Van Gogh” in tears. Not only are the viewers surrounded by paintings, as they stand within the paintings, but they are also surrounded by his words, spoken from… Read More »Visiting the immersive “Beyond Van Gogh”

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This is what happens when I watch a film

keltzster — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 20:22:06 +0000

I have just finished watching a wonderful Britbox series, called “Time.” Not only is it well-acted, but the story line reveals much of the problems with the effects of trauma in our society today; how prisons and jails have to deal with the mentally ill because there are too few mental health facilities and the… Read More »This is what happens when I watch a film

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Thanks for the great reviews!

keltzster — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:26:48 +0000

Top reviews from the United States Neal Lemery 5.0 out of 5 stars A Terrific Tale Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2021 Verified Purchase Spy thriller, mystery, adventure! It doesn’t get any better than this for an entertaining story that takes you into the life of a very clever girl whose life is… Read More »Thanks for the great reviews!

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