by Milana Marsenich | Sep 23, 2023 | Articles
Six months after my mother died, my 73-year-old father pulled his kayak out of the Colorado River and his heart stopped. It stopped only for a few seconds and then started again. My brother took him back to his house in Glenwood Springs and my father insisted on...
by Milana Marsenich | Aug 10, 2023 | Articles
I thought Pearl would die three months ago. My boss first found her outside of a local bar when she was about 3 inches long, with her eyes still sealed shut and walking into rocks. She brought her home and then to work. I saw the furry little, tuft eared, kitty and...
by Milana Marsenich | Aug 6, 2023 | Articles
Marika’s Monologue adapted from my first novel: Copper Sky: Marika’s father has just told her that he’s promised her in marriage to Michael Jovich. She is then relaying the conversation and her reaction to the audience. I walked into our small house and Mama,...
by Milana Marsenich | Jun 19, 2023 | Articles
My friend, Jan Myers, and I have self-published a children’s book. Jan did the photographs and her granddaughter, Alisa Ball, did the illustrations. I wrote the story. The book is really cute. The photographs and illustrations really make it fun. You can buy...
by Milana Marsenich | Jun 14, 2023 | Articles
Recently, I read a list of unusual feelings. What is the feeling when you have the realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own? Sonder. What is the feeling when you realize that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore?...
by Milana Marsenich | May 20, 2023 | Articles
During the fall of 1918, the influenza pandemic crosses the nation & reaches the mining town of Butte, Montana. I wrote about it in Beautiful Ghost. You can read the description of the flu coming to town here. The wolf dog wanders through the town where mining...
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