Junior-High Journal: an UN-Literary Analysis

October 23, 2011December 4, 2011 ~ Kana Smith ~ 21 Comments

I've been taking a browse through some of the dozens of old journals lining our bedroom-shelves, and these ones from junior high are... well, embarrassing is what they are! (What, you thought I was going to say cute?) All I can say is that I'm glad the internet hadn't yet been invented, or these might … Continue reading Junior-High Journal: an UN-Literary Analysis

Tit for Tat: Tokidoki Barbie & Me

October 22, 2011January 28, 2021 ~ Kana Smith ~ 15 Comments

For once in my life, I beat Barbie to the punch. For once in my life, the latest Barbie is a wanna-be-ME. (Hey, allow me my little moment of delusion here.) I don't know why this should make me grin--I'm not a fan of Barbie, wouldn't buy one for my daughter. (Interestingly enough, my daughter … Continue reading Tit for Tat: Tokidoki Barbie & Me

Travel Writing: our “Pirate Code” for the Road

October 11, 2011January 27, 2021 ~ Kana Smith ~ 20 Comments

[This post is featured as a "guest blog" at Clan Elves of the Bitterroots. Please stop by to check out their other authors!] Surely I have the world’s best job: I get to Travel, and I get to Write about it. My Travel Sidekick (a.k.a. Husband) and I have sketched out some “road rules” for … Continue reading Travel Writing: our “Pirate Code” for the Road

Byways & Bygones: Idaho’s “Old Oregon Trail Byway”

October 5, 2011January 27, 2021 ~ Kana Smith ~ 3 Comments

Engine idling in the middle of the desert, we contemplate the pockmarked metal sign in front of us. Military Range, it declares, adding the instruction that civilian vehicles are to keep to the main road. Which leaves us with a question--what is the definition, out here, of a "main road"? Off to the side, a … Continue reading Byways & Bygones: Idaho’s “Old Oregon Trail Byway”

Packing Pro

September 25, 2011January 27, 2021 ~ Kana Smith ~ 16 Comments

“When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” ~Susan Heller I’m supposed to be writing about Travel Destinations in Montana. Clearly I’m not. I promised myself I’d turn in my 17 Montana articles by the end of today--but hey, it’s only … Continue reading Packing Pro

Burning the Script

September 23, 2011January 27, 2021 ~ Kana Smith ~ 134 Comments

“The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” ~ Anna Quindlen We used to operate within limited lives, my husband and I—limited by the ruts of our career paths, by our addictions, by former spouses, by people’s views of us, by the “scripts” we believed we had to follow... … Continue reading Burning the Script

A day at the “office”

September 23, 2011June 7, 2017 ~ Kana Smith ~ 11 Comments

These days I get to list my job as "writer"... A new and wonderful development for a person who has always been a writer, but back-burnered the practice of it...