KCMickelson
@kcmickelson.bsky.social
Minnesota-based writer, grandmother, dog lover, idealist. Owner of One Minnesota Crone. Co-founder of Gyroscope Review. Author of How We Learned to Shut Our Own Mouths (Gyroscope Press 2021). Co-author of Prayer Gardening (Kelsay Books 2023).
Come take a break with me today at One Minnesota Crone as the summer mood continues. #mindfulness
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Summer Mood #2
Days of storms – wind, rain, hail, garden drenched, softball games cancelled, trees snapped, power outages. Days of humidity and heat broken by those same storms. Days of wildfire smoke foggi…
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August 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Come take a break with me today at One Minnesota Crone as the summer mood continues. #mindfulness
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Today at One Minnesota Crone, I've made the shift into peaceful summer mode. Come take a little break. We all need one, right? oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/07/15/s... #minnesota
Summer Mood #1
A few peaceful thoughts.
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July 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone, I've made the shift into peaceful summer mode. Come take a little break. We all need one, right? oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/07/15/s... #minnesota
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Summer Shift. It's time to step away from the screens and see what's right in front of me. Catch that summer beauty before it's gone - it's a good salve for counteracting the news of the world. oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/07/01/s...
Summer Shift
Attention spans are curious things. We work with children to develop attention spans so that they can concentrate on learning, on making commitments, on completing tasks. But if you’re a writer or …
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July 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Summer Shift. It's time to step away from the screens and see what's right in front of me. Catch that summer beauty before it's gone - it's a good salve for counteracting the news of the world. oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/07/01/s...
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Raw Emotions, Steely Resolve. Photos from No Kings Rally in St. Paul, Minnesota. #nokings oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/06/15/r...
Raw Emotions, Steely Resolve
As I began writing this post on Friday, it rained outside my window and the local jazz station kept me company. I was in a foul mood. The week had been shitty on all fronts – in news of what happen…
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June 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Raw Emotions, Steely Resolve. Photos from No Kings Rally in St. Paul, Minnesota. #nokings oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/06/15/r...
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Lessons from Our Dog. What do we really need to be happy? Not as much as we think, although I think I'll let Finn the wheaten keep his little pig toy to himself. oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/06/01/l... #dogsofbluesky
Lessons from Our Dog
How much do we really need to be happy? Not that much, according to Finn the wheaten.
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June 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Lessons from Our Dog. What do we really need to be happy? Not as much as we think, although I think I'll let Finn the wheaten keep his little pig toy to himself. oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/06/01/l... #dogsofbluesky
Today at One Minnesota Crone, thoughts on Pico Iyer's latest book, Aflame. #books #nonfiction oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/05/01/r...
Reading Pico Iyer, Appreciating Silence
Since my last post, in which I listed all the books I’ve read since the New Year plus two I had not yet finished, I became distracted by a new book that pulled me away from everything else I was re…
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May 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone, thoughts on Pico Iyer's latest book, Aflame. #books #nonfiction oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/05/01/r...
Today at One Minnesota Crone, a little book love. What's everyone reading right now? oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/04/15/a... #books
A Little Book Love
I’ve been taking breaks from daily news between the covers of a good book ever since the New Year. Now, when spring isn’t yet fully awake in Minnesota, being absorbed in a real book, flipping pages…
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April 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Today at One Minnesota Crone, it's another edition of The Finn Chronicles! And Happy National Poetry Month. oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/04/01/t... #dogs #writers #poetry #minnesota
The Finn Chronicles – #2: Losing Sleep, Cleaning Floors, Getting Snuggles
Right now, Mick and I are mostly staying home while Finn the Wheaten learns the ropes. Having my social schedule determined by a puppy hasn’t been all that bad, though.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone, it's another edition of The Finn Chronicles! And Happy National Poetry Month. oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/04/01/t... #dogs #writers #poetry #minnesota
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Ides of March. I had a little trouble writing this post, but eventually it came together. My state of mind has not been great for writing of late. Ah well. #minnesotawriter oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/03/15/i...
Ides of March
I’ve written before about finding whatever builds our resilience and nourishes our strength. We are all called to do world-changing acts, contribute to the good of others, especially when things ar…
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March 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Ides of March. I had a little trouble writing this post, but eventually it came together. My state of mind has not been great for writing of late. Ah well. #minnesotawriter oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/03/15/i...
If you need a break from the current shit storm, stop by One Minnesota Crone for puppy pics. Because....puppies. oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/03/01/t...
The Finn Chronicles – Welcome Home
Finn the wheaten terrier has arrived.
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March 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you need a break from the current shit storm, stop by One Minnesota Crone for puppy pics. Because....puppies. oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/03/01/t...
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"Vidmorozok" is the Ukranian word for this moment.
March 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Vidmorozok" is the Ukranian word for this moment.
The light is definitely changing. #latewinterlight
February 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The light is definitely changing. #latewinterlight
@newlois.bsky.social Hello! Nice to see you here.
February 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@newlois.bsky.social Hello! Nice to see you here.
And in joyful news, meet Finn the wheaten terrier.
February 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
And in joyful news, meet Finn the wheaten terrier.
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These January Days
Things feel scattered and disjointed everywhere. There is so much uncertainty. My friends talk about the uneasiness they feel as this year lurches forward. This post is a little disjointed, too, an…
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January 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone: oneminnesotacrone.com/2025/01/15/t... #2025 #selfcare
Trying to keep up with social media is exhausting, but I’ll try here where people feel like they actually care about the truth. How many of you are letting go of Facebook accounts in addition to fleeing X?
January 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Trying to keep up with social media is exhausting, but I’ll try here where people feel like they actually care about the truth. How many of you are letting go of Facebook accounts in addition to fleeing X?
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Winter Wishes. oneminnesotacrone.com/2024/12/15/w... #womenwriters #womenover50 #creativewomen
Winter Wishes
The solstice will be here in just a few days, the long nights of winter slowly shortening as the sun moves back north for warmer months. But I’m loving right now, the cozy evenings, the holid…
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December 15, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Winter Wishes. oneminnesotacrone.com/2024/12/15/w... #womenwriters #womenover50 #creativewomen
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Hello, December. I love the quiet of this season that runs beneath the holiday festivities. And I offer links to work from the women poets I've interviewed this year. Check it out if you have a moment. #poetry oneminnesotacrone.com/2024/12/01/h...
Hello, December
I love the month of December. Most of it is about anticipation – for holidays of all sorts, time with friends or family, traditional foods we indulge in only during this time of year. But it …
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December 1, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Hello, December. I love the quiet of this season that runs beneath the holiday festivities. And I offer links to work from the women poets I've interviewed this year. Check it out if you have a moment. #poetry oneminnesotacrone.com/2024/12/01/h...
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Thanksgiving Prep. Find your joy. It's a necessary thing no matter what else is going on. #writingandbooks #what'scooking #thanksgiving oneminnesotacrone.com/2024/11/23/t...
Thanksgiving Prep
This Thanksgiving, find your joy.
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November 23, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone: Thanksgiving Prep. Find your joy. It's a necessary thing no matter what else is going on. #writingandbooks #what'scooking #thanksgiving oneminnesotacrone.com/2024/11/23/t...
Today at One Minnesota Crone - the magic of a morning walk, even when the weather stinks. oneminnesotacrone.com/2024/11/15/h...
Head-Clearing Near the River
A walk outside always clears your head.
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November 15, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Today at One Minnesota Crone - the magic of a morning walk, even when the weather stinks. oneminnesotacrone.com/2024/11/15/h...
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