Ring Around the Basin

Ring Around the Basin

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A Working-Class Hero
Dressed in grey work clothes He laced his tall leather boots Each morning while I watched. A battered van stored all his tools. He grew the sweetest…
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Sue Cauhape
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There's a Lot to Being a Dad
My husband, Jeff, has been a great dad for our daughter. Now he's a great "Papa" to the grands. Here are some of the highlights of his journey along…
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Five Poems: Kids and Horses and Mentors
These five poems from my book, When the Horses Come and Go, are part of an experiment. They're all stories, but three work better in prose form. Or…
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Conversation with a Rancher: Steward or Threat
A chance meeting with a rancher in the middle of the Nevada wilderness offers another side to the controversy surrounding the environmental effects of…
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Goodbye Howard
While waiting in the tire store, I pulled out a copy of A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver.
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Rape in a Foreign Language
I've hinted in previous posts that something dire happened to me while living in a kibbutz.
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May 2025

Three Poems: The Next Phase of Life
Retirement has become a source of anticipation rather than point of dread.
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Sue Cauhape
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Playing Retirement
Preparing for retirement benefits from a staycation to toy with all the questions.
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The Incessant Wind
The Great Basin, despite its mountain ranges, allows storm fronts to blow across the desert, sometimes at hurricane strength. Such a three-day storm…
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Mayuary
A Sunday drive to escape unending wintry storms leads to an Old West exhibition event and an excursion into the surprising beauty of the Great Basin.
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A Garden in Kyiv
I've often wondered what it's like to live in a war zone such as Ukraine, or Syria, Gaza, and Lebanon. How does a woman go about finding food for her…
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All Kinds of Moms
Five flash fictions for Mother's Day.
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