Blog Posts

Vertical orientation

By Kate Blackwood / June 30, 2026

I’ve always lived and thought in flat planes: lake land, ocean, prairie. A week at elevation this month flipped my picture.

You can eat dandelions, but I don’t recommend it

By Kate Blackwood / May 31, 2026

Thrive: Dandelions exemplify the concept

Plastic hunt

By Kate Blackwood / April 30, 2026

No disrespect to the classmates and their parents who gave my son cute Valentine gifts, but isn’t this a miniature instance of plastic inflation?

How to do a writing retreat without going anywhere

By Kate Blackwood / March 31, 2026

Last week, I transformed my own home into a writing residency. I re-framed my usual views out my office and kitchen windows and asked myself: would I spend a week here, writing?