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Author: marylowd

“Steeped in Drama”

My kid was frustrated with an errand running long last night, so I asked ChatGPT to tell us a joke about boba drinks, as we were gonna pick some up as a treat. It got so excited that I started just playing along and telling it, sure, I’d like to see whatever it suggested next… Continue reading ““Steeped in Drama””

Author marylowdPosted on April 17, 2025Categories BlogLeave a comment on “Steeped in Drama”

Back in the Pacific Northwest

The way Battlestar Galactica (‘04) handles politics is really exceptional. I’d forgotten just how good it is, and I don’t think I’d ever realized quite how much it affected my thinking when writing early Otters In Space.

And I wish it weren’t so relevant now. Continue reading “Back in the Pacific Northwest”

Author marylowdPosted on April 14, 2025April 17, 2025Categories BlogLeave a comment on Back in the Pacific Northwest

Copenhagen Itinerary

While we were in Denmark for five days, I wrote three poems, started Otters In Space 5, did some brainstorming for short story ideas, read a Hans Christian Andersen story in the original Danish, and visited the following places: Continue reading “Copenhagen Itinerary”

Author marylowdPosted on April 13, 2025April 13, 2025Categories BlogLeave a comment on Copenhagen Itinerary

The Dandelion Who Thought She Was an Orchid

by Mary E. Lowd


I thought I was an orchid
Surrounded by shining
Gleaming
Sun-reflecting Continue reading “The Dandelion Who Thought She Was an Orchid”

Author marylowdPosted on April 13, 2025Categories PoemTags poemLeave a comment on The Dandelion Who Thought She Was an Orchid

Driftwood Woman

by Mary E. Lowd


I am a piece of driftwood
On a foreign shore
Your waves and storms
Moods and frowns Continue reading “Driftwood Woman”

Author marylowdPosted on April 13, 2025Categories PoemTags poemLeave a comment on Driftwood Woman

Sisters

by Mary E. Lowd


I’ve been managing other people’s feelings
Since before I could speak
I calmed my mother
Enraged my father Continue reading “Sisters”

Author marylowdPosted on April 13, 2025April 17, 2025Categories PoemTags poemLeave a comment on Sisters

While in Copenhagen…

After some deliberation, we’ve concluded that while I’m willing to try to stay awake for a couple more hours for the sake of trying to be on local time… I am not actually fit to leave the place we’re staying and interact with the outside world until I’ve slept again. Sleeeeep…. Continue reading “While in Copenhagen…”

Author marylowdPosted on April 11, 2025April 17, 2025Categories BlogLeave a comment on While in Copenhagen…

More Sense Than Coffee Spoons

by Mary E. Lowd


Sometimes my life feels like a budget
I need to balance
Allocating hours
To some activities, at the expense of others
Trying to optimize
My time Continue reading “More Sense Than Coffee Spoons”

Author marylowdPosted on April 5, 2025Categories PoemTags poemLeave a comment on More Sense Than Coffee Spoons

The Hourglass

by Mary E. Lowd


Am I the hour glass
Or the sand passing through
Its gossamer waist
One grain at a time? Continue reading “The Hourglass”

Author marylowdPosted on April 5, 2025Categories PoemTags poemLeave a comment on The Hourglass

Zoetrope

by Mary E. Lowd


You only see a zoetrope of my life
Sampling more regularly sometimes
Less regularly others
And yet you know me so well Continue reading “Zoetrope”

Author marylowdPosted on April 3, 2025Categories PoemTags poemLeave a comment on Zoetrope

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