Denise E Lindquist
Bio
I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.
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The Start Of His Bucket List
He watched a movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman back in 2007, called The Bucket List. He enjoyed it but wasn't really into the idea of going off and completing a list of things that he wanted to do before he died. Maybe it was his age and he was not feeling it. Because he did enjoy the movie as Jack Nicholson has been one of his all time favorites in movies and always seems to come through, no matter the movie. He decided it was a good movie and one apparently he hadn't forgotten!
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Confessions
My Watch Is Broken
I was with a small group of reiki practitioners at the hospital in town, sending reiki to all of the people in the hospital. I was told the hospital was full of patients and the staff were overwhelmed and needed help. It was such a great idea and I just had to go. I could imagine how powerful that could be, knowing how just a small reiki circle can do so much for just a few.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Fiction
Travel During The Pandemic
I was in San Francisco recently. It was a fun trip. While we were there, we went to many food places that were excellent. We went to the Muir Woods, and we travelled over the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge. I was with my daughter and her two teen boys. She calls them her middles as she has olders, middles and littles. The middles are almost six feet tall and eat every two hours or so. They were always hungry. I would say, didn’t we just eat and one of them would say, that was a long time ago and I am starving!
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Wander
The Real Me On Turtle Island
I was putting together a mobile to use at a talk I was presenting at. My grandson helped me make it. There were 4 people on the mobile. I wanted to demonstrate how we are all effected by each other in a family, community or the country, no matter if it is addiction, or happy occasions. And how we will be effected throughout our life, even if we do not realize it. He wanted to make the mobile with a turtle. When I said that was a great idea as in our creation stories, we are told this country is on the back of a turtle. He liked the story and was even more excited about helping me.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Families
Winter
I was lucky enough to grow up in Minnesota! I love the beauty most of all. Waking up to the frost on the trees. The white snow covering the tree branches and the ground. I can hardly wait to see my breath when going outside. Knowing that I will be sharing this fun of winter with my grandchildren. They are happy to be able to go outdoors to play.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Earth
Life In Recovery
Stephanie was in outpatient treatment and feeling darn good about herself and how she was doing. She thought, I should have gone to treatment right away, rather than trying to do it all on my own. Oh well, as they say, live in today and live one day at a time. She was on her way to have some work done on her car. She had driven it down to Mexico, just a few short months ago now. She thought she should have an oil change and have just a minor checkup as it didn’t seem to be running quite right. When she went into the shop, she thought, what a mess. These guys could use some help to clean this place up a bit. As she was sitting waiting for her car to get looked over, she thought of her relationship and how that was going well. She felt so lucky to be in a relationship with a man in recovery. A man with a kick ass recovery program. He reads the grapevine every month, he reads two daily meditation books, one in the morning and one at night. He sponsors guys and is in service by being a group service representative or a GSR. Then he is always providing a role in the district.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Fiction
The Arm Chair Critique
Idioms, the free dictionary says, an armchair critic is a person who knows about a subject only by reading or hearing about it and criticizes without active experience or first-hand knowledge. The phrase armchair critic is first recorded in 1896, but the concept was around at least a decade earlier: in 1886 Joseph Chamberlain sneered at opponents as ‘arm-chair politicians.’
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Confessions
Help, Help
I tended bar in a spot in the road between Wolf Point and Poplar, Montana. The couple that owned the bar were older. I worked days and it wasn’t very busy. I enjoyed that though as I could get to know some of the regulars that way. When I worked there the couple were good to me. I was young and I was trusted to use the bars money to gamble with customers. It was a pretty safe bet as the games favored the bar. I used to help myself to some bottles of liquor most weeks.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Fiction
