Karen Anderson
Essays by Karen AndersonKaren Anderson is a writer who lives and works in Traverse City, Michigan. She was a columnist for the Traverse City Record-Eagle for 30 years and published two collections.
Since 2005, she has contributed weekly essays to Interlochen Public Radio. An illustrated collection of her essays was published in 2017, “Gradual Clearing: Weather Reports from the Heart.”
Karen has a master’s degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan and is retired from Northwestern Michigan College where she was director of marketing and public relations. She enjoys camping, canoeing, reading, writing, listening and learning.
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Dozens of ants coming and going, over and around the clothes pins. Why, I wonder, and even more, how? -
“There are two kinds of chances,” he said, leaning over the podium. “Those that come more than once and those that will never come again."
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It’s almost too warm to jog but I lace up my shoes anyway. There’s no traffic this morning because it’s Sunday and the streets are quiet. The only cars are on their way to church or to the convenience store for coffee and a paper.
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Reading the classic Mark Twain novel again sparks some reflection on how we use language today.
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The mist, the fight over a reservation and the realization that a relationship had run its course.
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I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I have a security blanket. I suspect that most of us do.
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Nobody stopped to ask the man about his politics, his religion, his ethnic background. We all just helped.
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A rough recording session followed by the reassurance of geese..
