Today feels like a good day for a poem. I wrote “Balanced Rock, Big Bend National Park” after my first trip to Big Bend in March of 2011. In November of 2013, I was visiting the park for the second time when I received word that my poem had won first place in the Poetry Society of Texas‘Continue reading “Balanced Rock, Big Bend National Park”
Author Archives: Carie Juettner
The Case of the Missing Pumpkins
I realize that Halloween is over. (Sigh.) And I totally get that it’s November now. (Double sigh.) And I really am done (mostly) posting October-themed pieces. This is something different, I swear. This is a mystery. And I need YOU to help me solve it. This weekend when I was packing up all my HalloweenContinue reading “The Case of the Missing Pumpkins”
Tomorrow is Halloween
I recently became a member of Uncommon, a young online community that calls itself “a front porch for the internet.” In creating my Uncommon profile, I was asked to write about some of my favorite things. The first one that came to mind was Halloween. This is what I wrote: I was born on Halloween.Continue reading “Tomorrow is Halloween”
Carie Juettner 