This past Sunday, I stood in line for over an hour in the sunny November heat (ah, Texas weather, you fickle beast) waiting for a bowl of soup. But, although the soup was quite tasty, it was the bowl, and the reason behind the bowl’s existence, that I was more excited about. If you liveContinue reading “Empty Bowls, Full Hearts”
Author Archives: Carie Juettner
Balanced Rock, Big Bend National Park
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”
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”
Carie Juettner 