Cathy Cultice Lentes
@cathylentes.bsky.social
Poet, essayist, & children’s writer. Author of Getting the Mail; co-author of Stronger When We Touch. #SCBWI PAL member. MFA in Writing for Young People (Solstice) Proud mother of Youth Library Services Coordinator and TV anchor/journalist.
I’m delighted to have 3 poems in Volume 46 of Blueline.
June 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I’m delighted to have 3 poems in Volume 46 of Blueline.
Moving On
Adventures in remembering and relocation
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June 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hey, my May book post is up. I hope you’ll check out these titles and authors.
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MAY BEST BOOKS
A peek inside my reader's journal
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May 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hey, my May book post is up. I hope you’ll check out these titles and authors.
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I was in KY on a writing retreat this weekend when more than just new ideas arrived.
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SAFE HARBOR
Life in a sacred community
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May 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I was in KY on a writing retreat this weekend when more than just new ideas arrived.
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April Best Books
A peek inside my reader's journal
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April 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Small. Local. Independent.
Celebrating the little guys
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April 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Early April dirt therapy.
April 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Early April dirt therapy.
Oh! This book is feeding my soul so much right now. I’ve been flooded in since Wednesday and down with a bad back, but the essays collected in this anthology benefitting Asheville’s recovery after the devastation of Hurricane Helene lift me up and float hope for my own writing.✍️ Go to Bookshop.org
April 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Oh! This book is feeding my soul so much right now. I’ve been flooded in since Wednesday and down with a bad back, but the essays collected in this anthology benefitting Asheville’s recovery after the devastation of Hurricane Helene lift me up and float hope for my own writing.✍️ Go to Bookshop.org
MARCH BEST BOOKS
A peek inside my reader's journal
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March 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thinking spring.
March 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Thinking spring.
READING THE SIGNS
After a red moon and sun
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March 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I’m delighted to have two poems in the latest issue of Northern Appalachia Review:
A Woman Made of Feathers; and Flat Earth.
A Woman Made of Feathers; and Flat Earth.
March 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I’m delighted to have two poems in the latest issue of Northern Appalachia Review:
A Woman Made of Feathers; and Flat Earth.
A Woman Made of Feathers; and Flat Earth.
March 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Another literary adventure with my poet-pal, Wendy McVicker, reading and presenting at the Writer’s Conference of Northern Appalachia hosted by St. Francis University in Loretto, PA.
March 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Another literary adventure with my poet-pal, Wendy McVicker, reading and presenting at the Writer’s Conference of Northern Appalachia hosted by St. Francis University in Loretto, PA.
Setting is always my first character…and then a girl arrives. Tell the truth in stories.
—Lauren Wolk
#MiddleGradeMagic
—Lauren Wolk
#MiddleGradeMagic
March 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Setting is always my first character…and then a girl arrives. Tell the truth in stories.
—Lauren Wolk
#MiddleGradeMagic
—Lauren Wolk
#MiddleGradeMagic
Cold again. A skiff of snow. A window ghost of me.
March 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Cold again. A skiff of snow. A window ghost of me.
Keep looking for beauty.
Protect the people and places you love.
Protect the people and places you love.
February 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Keep looking for beauty.
Protect the people and places you love.
Protect the people and places you love.
Cataract surgery on Wednesday. Rest and recovery now. My personal nurses are on the job.
January 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Cataract surgery on Wednesday. Rest and recovery now. My personal nurses are on the job.
A few thoughts on January reading…or attempts to read in our turbulent time.
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January...books?
A peek inside my reader's journal
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January 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A few thoughts on January reading…or attempts to read in our turbulent time.
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"Those who have worked in local news know that it is an ecosystem. There are certain stories that are best suited for TV, and stories that are best suited for radio, and stories that are best suited for print and digital. That doesn't make one better than the other; they all feed each other."
We Need A New Deal To Save Local Journalism | Defector
During the first week of the fires, I would go up to my building’s roof once a day. I’d look at the Los Angeles skyline at whatever shade of yellow-orange-brown muck the fires had delivered that day a...
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January 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"Those who have worked in local news know that it is an ecosystem. There are certain stories that are best suited for TV, and stories that are best suited for radio, and stories that are best suited for print and digital. That doesn't make one better than the other; they all feed each other."