Natalie K. Munden
- Location
- Here and there in Alaska & Montana, United States
- Birthday
- May 09
- Title
- I am a writer. I think.
- Company
- Sure. I'll make tea.
- Bio
- In my avatar pic I am holding someone's pet skunk somewhere in Oklahoma when I was four. I guess I have always been an accepting type of girl.
• It is all about trying. Sometimes laughter is the only medicine. I am often, as I like to say, creatively confused. Although I am what some would describe as accomplished, I want to be a better being. I love as I try.
• My work posted here is of course copyright Natalie K. Munden.
• Oh, and did you know that some people take drugs in order to experience vertigo ON PURPOSE?
MY RECENT POSTS
- Re-posting because I CAN:
Maraj (not her real name) - 42
January 06, 2013 03:53PM - Beddy-Bye Story for A Bad Cat
September 30, 2012 01:08AM - Response to Jacob's OC: My
Final Tweet
July 04, 2012 09:02AM - OC Repost: Trepidation on a
Train from London
June 21, 2012 01:04AM - From Under a Black Sky: Thanks
for Serving in Vietnam
May 27, 2012 10:34PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Why don't you have a
fundraiser to support
development of a
cream or
spray that m…”
May 27, 2013 12:15AM - “Often the perfect toilet
is the closest toilet.
R”
April 29, 2013 12:31AM - “Yeah, I was chatting
with a neighbor about recent
news items
and said, "We
d…”
April 21, 2013 12:28AM - “If the media asked me to
do an interview about what you
were
like in high
school,…”
April 20, 2013 02:45AM - “Well, I guess I can
cancel today's trip. Thanks
for making it
for me!”
April 13, 2013 05:09PM
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- Poem: A Man in the Snow
- A Colder Place
- Video Recording Tip Sheet
- My Medical Marijuana Story
- From Under the Black Sky: Thanks for Serving in Vietnam
- My Touching Musical Journey
- Natalie's Chocolate-Chip Cookies: I mean it!
- Donuts: Fiction with a Little too Much Honesty
- Frightening things at KFC/A&W
- Remaining Calm. It was an Emergency.
- Soap-On-A-Rope -- I was afraid
- Hide your $15M Easy-Bake Ovens!
- MY LINKS
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- Bob Munden: The Fastest Gun Who Ever Lived - Official FB Page
- Documentary: Bob Munden: Outrageous Shooting
- Documentary: Barrow, Alaska - Our Tales to Tell
- A.Word.A.Day - Experience the Magic of Words!
- With a Click donate Food for Homeless Pets
- Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Salon.com
- MY LINKS
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- Amazon Best Sellers
- Trepidation On A Train From London
- Good News Sunday: A Moment of Love
- Once Forever A Song
- A poem of tragedy I wrote at age 16
- Ten books that influenced me (part 1)
- Ten books that influenced me (part 2)
- 101 Words: Bitch of a Diagnosis Day
- Earth Day: Thank You Aunt Betty
- OS Open Call: Three Sentences to Describe My Life
- Great White Whale's Open Call: Maraj Has a Dream
- One Small Creature Finds a Home
- My 10 Answers: Pilgrim's Open Call
- Presenting the Barrow, Alaska Visitor's Guide
- Rescuing the Republic
- So I met this lesbian in a restaurant...
- Taking the WAR out of the War on Drugs is the Only Way
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Fulsome: (ful-sum)
adjective
1. Offensively flattering or insincere.
2. Offensive to the taste or… Read full post »
101 Words: Bitch of a Diagnosis Day
Finally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1989. Is MS killing me? Is it like Lou Gehrig’s? Leukemia? One of Jerry’s kids am I?
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Roscian (ROSH-ee-uhn) adjective
Of or related to acting.
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Bunyanesque (bun-yuh-NESK) adjective
Ten books that influenced me (part 2)
The second five of a list of 10 books that made lasting impressions on me are:
6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Someone out to skirt the rules and have a little fun can be sucked dry by The Man!… Read full post »
Ten books that influenced me (part 1)
The first five of a list of 10 books that made lasting
impressions on me are:
1. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
Even the big
and powerful can be brought down by the many.
2. On the Beach by Nevil Shute
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A poem of tragedy I wrote at age 16
The huge, angry burning cloud
Swirls and whirls above our heads
Growing bigger, blacker
Evidence of this horror stings
Smelling of ugly human mistakes
The burned ones are buried
Sadly, in a sea of garbage
When will they ever learn?… Read full post »
Once Forever a Song
This is re-write of something I posted in 2009.
The first time I saw and heard my music lyrics in a fully-produced song was in 1991, working with a friend and artist from Finland named Kurt Westerlund, or Kurre. www.kurre.eu
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Boodle (BOOD-l) noun
An illegal payment, as in graft.
verb intr.
To take money dishonestly, especially from graft.
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Miscible (MIS-uh-buhl)
adjective
Capable of being mixed
together.
[From Latin miscere (to mix), ultimately from the Indo-European
root meik- (to mix) that's also the source of mix, miscellaneous,
meddle, medley, promiscuous, melee, and mustang.]
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Palinode (PAL-uh-noad)
noun
A poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier
poem.
[From Greek palinoidia, from palin (again) + oide (song).]
Epopee (EP-uh-pee)
noun
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Dermatoglyphics: (duhr-mat-uh-GLIF-iks,
-muh-tuh-) noun
1. The ridge
patterns of skin on the inner surface of the hands and feet.
2. The scientific study of these skin patterns.
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Enuresis:
(en-yuh-ree-sis)
noun
The uncontrolled or involuntary discharge of
urine.
[New Latin, from Greek enourein, to urinate in : en-… Read full post »
Natalie: A letter to me at 17
Natalie,
Quit biting your nails. You look great today, by the way. Believe it!
I've got lots going on and you do too, so I'll make it quick:
• It is okay to not have all the answers all of the time.
Give yourself a break.
• When anyone, and I… Read full post »
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Leveret: (LEV-uhr-it)
noun
A young hare, especially one less than a year old.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, diminutive of levere, hare, from Latin lepus, lepor-.]
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Borborygmus: (bor-buh-RIG-muhs)
noun
A rumbling noise produced by the movement of gas through the intestines.
[New Latin… Read full post »
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Mondegreen: (MON-di-green) noun
A word or phrase resulting from a misinterpretation of a word or phrase that has been heard.
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I just read this Associated Press headline:
Outgunned Taliban mounting tough fight in Marjah.
Of course this screams for a Maraj story using delicious words from AWAD, but people are dying. I just can't bring myself to do… Read full post »
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Kulturkampf: (kool-TOOR-kahmpf)
noun
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Recreant: (REK-ree-uhnt)
adjective
1. Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or
cause.
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Notorious: (no-TOR-ee-uhs)
adjective
Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous.
[From Medieval Latin notorius, well-known… Read full post »
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Obturate: (OB-tuh-rayt, -tyuh-) verb
tr.
To close or obstruct.
[Latin
obturare, obturat- : ob- + -turare, to stop up.]
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Good News Sunday: A Moment of Love
While running his hands through her hair and over the deepening
color of her face and neck he whispered, “I am a painter and
you are my work of art. I am Michelangelo and you are the Sistine
Chapel.
“The Pope asked the great master, ‘When… Read full post »
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Truculent: (TRUK-yuh-luhnt) adjective
1. Disposed to fight; pugnacious.
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Exhilaration: (ig-zil-uh-RAY-shuhn) noun
The state of being stimulated, refreshed, or elated.
[Latin exhilarare, exhilar… Read full post »
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Clamber: (KLAMB-uhr, KLAM-uhr) verb
intr.
To climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; scramble.
noun &… Read full post »
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