Don Rearden
The Last Salmon - a “Don Rearden poem” with a Shocking Disclaimer
[king of the king salmon, Kodiak, Alaska circa WhiteSox cap era] [the following poem contains a shocking disclaimer at the end with...
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Don Rearden
- Apr 10
- 1 min
Oh, Brother!
despite what my sisters say now I was not the best brother I teased and tortured them taunted and tattled I once loaded Beth into a leg...
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Don Rearden
- Apr 9
- 1 min
Winter Rises
January returned on Easter leaving zero doubt April snowflakes for lillies everyone whispering and shouting His name
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Don Rearden
- Apr 8
- 1 min
On Farts
old, silent violent, deadly wet, dry laugh, cry oh my long, short loud, proud smelly, stinky rotten egg bad, dad, mom girl, baby grandpa,...
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Don Rearden
- Apr 7
- 1 min
My Ghost Dog
some nights I still feel her there curled up below my side of the bed where she slept fifteen winters sixteen summers in the darkness I...
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Don Rearden
- Apr 6
- 1 min
SMELL
those people, with their smell and they tell us we can't even dwell on what stinks any more can't even open our mouths because we might...
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Don Rearden
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Cactus Heart
in the end the spines won't protect you tough skin barbed spikes deter creatures who know better except those with their own cactus heart...
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Don Rearden
- Apr 4
- 1 min
Today: Ice Cream
Today: Ice Cream the country wants ice cream expects ice cream served fresh hand scooped balanced, and fair same for everyone no...
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Don Rearden
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Death By Social Media 5.0
Death by Social Media 5.0 He liked her post first they shared a hashtag started a trend followed each other his heart all Insta, Twitter...
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Don Rearden
- Apr 3
- 1 min
An Assault on Words
words wielded, mean possess meaning make men mean possessive, possessed words assault, mean banishment, banned ban words assault bans...
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Don Rearden
- Apr 2
- 1 min
Tundra Saguaro
Tundra Saguaro I don't think the kids believe me when I tell them of the old days before tundra saguaro we ate blue berries the size of...
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Don Rearden
- Nov 4, 2022
- 2 min
Ambler Mining District Road: The Road to Nowhere for No one.
Stunning video courtesy of my buddy Seth Kantner, author of A Thousand Trails Home and Ordinary Wolves. Ambler Mining District Road: The...
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Don Rearden
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
Ghost in the Parka
Let me share with you a Halloween haunting back when I lived in one of the little Yup’ik villages on the tundra of southwest Alaska. The...
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Don Rearden
- Sep 28, 2021
- 3 min
Breaking (Old) Anti-Vaccine News: From the Author of The Raven's Gift (a pandemic novel)
This New York Times piece from 2018, reveals how Russians have been pushing an anti-vaccine debate in our country long before you knew...
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Don Rearden
- Feb 26, 2021
- 4 min
Thankful for Another Year, and Oh What a Year!
A late note of appreciation for the birthday wishes and greetings a few weeks back. The last several weeks took a bit to sink in. Know...
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Don Rearden
- Nov 26, 2020
- 3 min
Joy, Relief, and Gratitude…
I write this letter of thanks as I curled up next to my sleeping daughter. For the longest time I have just laid here and stared at her...
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Don Rearden
- Nov 19, 2020
- 1 min
A Toast to Good News...
This will be brief, as my fingers have not yet warmed up after eight hours of standing around a bonfire, holding a half-antlered moose...
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Don Rearden
- Oct 31, 2020
- 3 min
A Blue Moon Halloween Treat!
I woke up this morning to an unexpected, once-in-a-blue-moon, crazy Halloween treat. My new book Without a Paddle is a #1 New Release in...
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Don Rearden
- Oct 10, 2020
- 1 min
Sneak Peek — My New Book
I’ve got writing news for you... Poems. An entire collection of them. Pre-order details coming soon. For now, enjoy this snapshot of the...
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Don Rearden
- Sep 18, 2020
- 6 min
The Chrysalis Stage
The last words from me, in terms of an update on Annette and our family, were written in haste. I wrote that post on my phone while...
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