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Is That You or Your Armor? | Writing Prompt #22
Toughness, sarcasm, perfectionism, humor, fierce independence, people-pleasing...
Jul 17 • Karen Lunde
Betty Crocker and Broken Kids
Chocolate frosting, an ABC After School Special, and the girl I almost wanted to become.
Jul 16 • Karen Lunde
Detours: Hey, Would You Read This, Please?
It's really short. There's a poll. Also, I love you all. A lot.
Jul 10 • Karen Lunde
Counting Satellites
Some inherit their mother's eyes. I inherited something else.
Jul 9 • Karen Lunde
A Grief That Has No Funeral | Writing Prompt #21
How do you cope when the person you're grieving is still alive?
Jul 3 • Karen Lunde

June 2026

All Come to Look for America
A family portrait, fifty years apart
Jun 29 • Karen Lunde
"Here's to Me... and F*ck Robert!" | Writing Prompt #20
Often, the things we believe about ourselves and reality are two different things
Jun 26 • Karen Lunde
"Who Told You That?"
How one question unraveled a story I'd believed since childhood
Jun 24 • Karen Lunde
Well, That Didn't Go As Planned | Writing Prompt #19
If you wanna make the universe laugh, make a plan
Jun 19 • Karen Lunde
Juneteenth with Johnny
A heated exchange on a hot day that lives in my memory rent free
Jun 15 • Karen Lunde
I'm a Hardened Skeptic Who Sees Ghosts
Pull up a chair near the campfire; I've got some tales to tell.
Jun 3 • Karen Lunde
Two True Things | Writing Prompt #18
The duality of pain and beauty
Jun 1 • Karen Lunde
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