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About Katrina Nguyen

Katrina is an existing experiment of life, death, and discoveries and mysteries beyond the two. Otherwise, she likes animals, ice cream sundaes, and sticky notes.

My Homeless Street Friends

February 2, 2020 by Katrina Nguyen 2 Comments

Some people are wild at heart, some people are afraid of other people and money, some people are sick, and some people don’t know what they’re doing, bless them. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Spirit

The Shining Stars of Our Lineages

November 25, 2019 by Katrina Nguyen Leave a Comment

Every day we make choices and decisions that affect our kin, and as a result, everyone else. We communicate to the outside world through our choices, without having to say a word. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing

Seeing through the enemy and seeing the self

November 11, 2019 by Katrina Nguyen 2 Comments

In the grand master scheme of things, I don’t believe that enemies exist. At a core level. We are all made of the same stuff, right? The same star stuff and blood and bone and breath. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Spirit

More Gleanings

Memoir

February 13, 2026 By Steven Mayer Leave a Comment

End of the Street

August 4, 2025 By Steven Mayer 2 Comments

Here Try Some of This Ointment

April 17, 2024 By Watt Childress 4 Comments

We are the Luminaries

August 8, 2023 By Watt Childress 2 Comments

Open Letter for Creation’s Caregivers

June 19, 2023 By Watt Childress 5 Comments

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    September 24, 2025 at 8:09 am
    on The Genocide of the American Indian, and Their Refusal to Die
    This response is far from timely, I know. But in honor of the ancestors I thank you for helping us
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    September 22, 2025 at 12:35 am
    on Three Poems and a Mountain
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