Category Archives: Madrona Grove

Poetry: Housekeeper

Originally posted on shannon p. laws :
Housekeeper People of all types Come and go to my hotel The same room will house Many different lives Some stay for less than eight hours Others for days Each time I reset the room Removing the evidence of a life I know them now when they walk in…

Credentialing vs. Educating

Happy New Year! Every year they blow up the Space Needle in Seattle, my home town.  The firework engineers attempt to create a new show every year.  It is probably a challenge given the structure they have to work with.  Same structure, different show. I feel a little like I need a “new show”.  GoingContinueContinue reading “Credentialing vs. Educating”

Poem: Voice on the Trail

    Voice on the Trail “and at last I saw : wherethe road lay through sunlight and many voices and the marvelorchards, not for me, not for me, not for me.”  -from the poem ‘Then I Saw What the Calling Was’ by Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980)   All the voices of the Wood called “Shannon!”ContinueContinue reading “Poem: Voice on the Trail”

DNA Part Four: Spice

Spice I recently moved.  I noticed while cooking the other day that I gave up a spice advantage.  The “community” spice rack had all sorts of wonderful grounded herbal ingredients.  One of my favorites is smoked paprika.  My current meager collection is about 6 things: two kinds of salt, a black pepper grinder, curry and…ContinueContinue reading “DNA Part Four: Spice”

Writing “The End” on Your Novel

I don’t reblog that often, but after reading this post by Susan Wingate (an award winning author) I had to. Writing IS a labor of love. I agree with Wingate. Something is lost if we write “mechanically”. Plenty of used book stores have books, but how many stories really change the reader, affect a generation?ContinueContinue reading “Writing “The End” on Your Novel”

Christmas Card 2014

Holiday Happy Dance Merry Christmas from the S.P. Laws staff! -Shannon, Brad, Vin, Robert, and Byung-hun Click HERE to view our holiday card in Super-High-Speed Definition™ So, how was your 2014?  What a mixed bag of nuts, right.   A large group of protesters stage a “die-in” on the street in response Monday in SeattleContinueContinue reading “Christmas Card 2014”

Poem: Girl Chases Hat

Late night keys dangle in the wind clouds move along the sky river wind swirls low to pick up anything not tied down, not held down   There goes her hat!   The thing that will keep her warm tonight stomped by feet of shoppers, rejected as trash her hat, made for one head. Rain wetsContinueContinue reading “Poem: Girl Chases Hat”

DNA Part Three: The Test Is In

The Test is In So today, the day after Thanksgiving, I receive the results from my DNA test with 23andMe.  Logging in I went straight to the “My Results” tab.  My hands were shaking a bit.  I wondered if there would be an immediate DNA match, perhaps 6-12%  or more, with another person on file.ContinueContinue reading “DNA Part Three: The Test Is In”