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urchase on amazon purchase on elj editions praise for scrap salvaging a family a powerful painful family saga that slowly gives way to hard won understanding a richly detailed harrowing account of household mayhem and the struggle to forgive kirkus reviews starred review spare precise and quietly devastating this is the kind of memoir that stays in the body long after the reading is done the book revue leave a comment filed under scrapsalvagingfamily tagged as experimental nonfiction luanne castle memoir memoir in flash scrap salvaging a family by luanne august 3 2026 6 00 am my review of deborah brasket s this sea within deborah brasket blogs at writing on the edge of the wild this sea within deborah brasket s new novel is not a departure from when things go missing in writing quality as both books are obviously written by a skilled craftsperson or in the search for identity at the heart of the stories but in every other respect it is a vastly different book this sea within is driven by passion and courage the protagonist lena a sheltered american college graduate travels to the fictional country of san balanque to learn more about herself soon after arriving she discovers that she will jump into life feet first without looking back as she throws her lot in with the freedom fighters based largely on her passionate love for raoul the leader of the rebels it seems like quite the leap to transform from the pacifist to a cult figure of the movement but the reader witnesses lena making that move step by step brasket keeps the reader in suspense throughout as the secret of who lena s mother is hangs over her head throughout much of the book the writing style features gorgeous descriptions of the beauty of the jungle and the opening scene describing lena and the ocean as she is surfing is a knockout i can only imagine the extensive research brasket had to do to write this story the top layer thread of the book is the relationship between lena and raoul which is a torrid love affair with beautifully written sex scenes but perhaps the most hidden layer of the story i only realized after i finished the book it pertains to what happens when we connect our lives with someone else and how that can change us no spoiler alert here you ll have to read the book for yourself order here 18 comments filed under amreading book review fiction tagged as amreading book review deborah brasket epic novel love story political thriller this sea within by luanne july 29 2026 7 31 am a hugely talented friend if you re a blogger you might know marie at 1 write way this recent blog post of hers was a reposting of her fantabderful yup needed a portmanteau word review of my poetry book doll god who has been blogging for a long time you will know that she is a woman of many talents most recently she has been putting her skills into some very serious knitting marie and i go way back in fact she was a beta reader for scrap and wins the award for reading the most versions she helped me figure out how to go about a very very intro level knitting project i could go on but i popped on here to share with you marie s knitting talent yesterday i received a package in the mail it was in a plastic ups type bag and inside that was a brown bag and inside that was a beautiful package wrapped in different colored tissues with a net bow just lovely then such a sweet card that i ll keep it forever what was inside the package this absolutely gorgeous wrap have you ever seen anything so beautiful i have not look at the intricate pattern and i love the colors some of my favorites mixed together and changing from the ends to the middle it s so soft and generously long i spent some time prancing around the house in the wrap haha omigoshes flying through the air since i hate posting pix of myself i was going to post a pic of the wrap just lying there but i soon realized it didn t do it justice it needs an appreciative person inside it so here i am modeling this gorgeousness thank you sooooooooo much marie for your beautiful gift and your friendship and your cats and your essence 27 comments filed under art and music blogging tagged as 1writeway blog https 1writeway com knitting special gift special knitting talented knitter by luanne july 28 2026 7 20 pm art journaling update have you ever heard of feedspot they compile databases to save you time from researching this includes bloggers influencers and journalists feedspot is an rss reader that lets you subscribe to blogs news sites and any website you want to keep up with but they are pretty aggressive and i don t know how great their assessment is ahem i only know about them because i ve gotten a couple of emails from the founder letting me know that my blog this blog is listed as one of the top ten art journaling blogs how long has it been since i have posted about art journaling ugh too long my blog is listed as 9 seriously 1 is everyday art kasia avery s wonderful art blog i ve studied with her and also with the amazing amy at mindful art at 5 so because of their presence i m going to post a link to the list top ten art journaling blogs and so that i can bring you up to date i ll post today a little something about mixed media collage because i found it through art journaling art journaling is what allows you to experiment with new products and just have fun make a mess even i try to bring that joy into working on my collages i haven t been able to work on my collages or hudson s baby art journal as much as i would like because of working on scrap promo and the doll god reprint i recently had four new mixed media collages accepted by one of my favorite journals anti heroin chic for the fall issue collages come in almost as many types and styles as there are collage artists and it sometimes shocks me how quickly i found my collage style found sound was nominated for best of the net by raw lit in 2025 notice how my collage style is to use cuttings from vintage life magazines and to place them on neutral backgrounds prepared with mixed media such as acrylics pastels and use of gel plates and stencils i particularly love working with soft pastels and pan pastels because of how they work with water and smudging i like to burn rip and stitch things as i collect my clippings to arrange on the background themes float through my mind and often times the final result has more of an edge than i dreamed of at the beginning have you tried an art journal yet i have a feeling you will love it 33 comments filed under art and music art journaling blogging tagged as art art journaling mixed media collage by luanne july 28 2026 11 39 am almost the end of july and gonna need to take a breath so much has happened lately i went to the wisconsin dells with my family for a week and just got back i took a tumble while i was there my third one hitting my head as usual i m ok hudson had his best life for now there on his first plane ride at the lakeshore on boats at deer park and especially the wawee park we had a baby mourning dove so cute rescue at the house before we left for wisconsin i hope he s doing well at liberty wildlife kathryn kulpa of cleaver magazine interviewed me about scrap a conversation with luanne castle author of scrap salvaging a family by kathryn kulpa and latinosusa english edition has published two of my ekphrastic tanka sequences tanka 02 by luanne castle tanka 01 by luanne castle i still have lots of unpacking and email catching up and i am so tired living with a 2 year old for a week hahahahahaha 35 comments filed under scrapsalvagingfamily family grandparenting interview poetry publishing tagged as scrapsalvagingfamily author interview cleaver magazine ekphrastic poetry latinosusa poetry scrap salvaging a family tanka sequence by luanne july 20 2026 5 18 am fabulous review i am going to be off blogging this week and spending time with hudson but want to share gwen wilson s fabulous review of scrap it provides another important perspective she and i share a key sociological factor in real life https gwenwilson com au 2026 07 19 scrap salvaging a family leave a comment filed under writing by luanne july 13 2026 6 06 am tornado salvaging sharing a few more photos i found scanning there are two micro stories in scrap salvaging a family about the may 13 1980 tornado in kalamazoo michigan pp 90 92 in paperback it s sort of a transition period in the book where i am now an adult albeit young whereas what had come before in the book was focused on coming of age it s also foreshadowed by an earlier scene of being a kid in the basement during a tornado warning scrap is comprised of three parts and the tornado is the end of part i i mention how my father bought up storefronts that nobody else seemed to want and tried to fix them up just enough to rent them as he had little money to invest in remodelling i describe a wooden canvas hanging on the wall of my father s store what i think is that he makes something usable that wasn t he doesn t have the money to make them beautiful but every once in a while he recognizes something that is inside the luggage store he s hung a board that a painter used to clean his brushes he calls it his jackson pollack sic weirdly even though i remember looking up the correct spelling of the artist s name i still misspelled it in the book for some reason i want it to be spelled pollack instead of pollock maybe it s because for all its interesting details it s still a fake if you read scrap you might realize why the theme of fake resonates with me dad s jackson pollock on the wall here are a couple of photos of the tornado that day gilmore brothers department store the entire back wall of the 5 story building was blown off isb bank building all the windows were blown out 27 comments filed under scrapsalvagingfamily coming of age family family history flash memoir flash nonfiction history hybrid memoir memoir nonfiction scrap salvaging a family tagged as scrapsalvagingfamily coming of age family family history flash memoir history memoir scrap salvaging a family tornado by luanne july 10 2026 6 28 am thank you beetley pete beetley pete has let me take a space on his blog today to share a story a bit related to scrap salvaging a family it s a story my father and uncle told me together when they were 85 my uncle and my parents were visiting me at the same time and they were getting into unearthing memories this one is about the 1920s 30s 40s and there are photos from the early days post on pete s blog 6 comments filed under scrapsalvagingfamily family family history flash memoir flash nonfiction memoir scrap salvaging a family tagged as scrapsalvagingfamily family family history flash memoir lies memoir memories scrap salvaging a family secrets by luanne july 9 2026 4 42 pm catching up with the times my first book doll god was published eleven years ago and won the new mexico arizona book award dg has caught up with the times as of today now available in ebook and there are additional poems added to the collection if you were reading my blog at that time you will remember a certain character from the book marygold named by blog readers she is the doll on the book cover and she s lurking inside too since the book is catching up with the times maybe i need to make marygold an updated outfit and get her a toy cell phone marygold or not the book is more about art and nature and ghost and angels than it is about dolls although there are certainly doll poems in the collection i have a request for friends who reviewed doll god at the time it was published would you consider copying your same review and posting it over on the ebook on amazon hoping that amazon won t stop that process update as of this morning it appears amazon put the reprint ebook with the original paperback if it stays that way it means all the reviews are together which is good we we will see however if you are on goodreads i would love if you would post your review on goodreads and if you re on bookbub there too whew i know it s asking a lot i would appreciate it so much here s the why the book was originally published by aldrich press a division of kelsay books in order to release in ebook i had to wait unti my contract was up and self publish the reprint so that an ebook would be available because of that i can t combine the original publication on amazon with the new reprint amazon review link doll god goodreads review link doll god bookbub review link doll god by the way if you are on bookbub and i have reviewed your book and not put it on bookbub please let me know so i can do so if you haven t read doll god please consider buying the ebook new paperback with the new poems should also be out soon in doll god award winning poet luanne castle invites readers into a haunting and beautifully imagined world where dolls become vessels of memory nature speaks with quiet wisdom and ordinary objects reveal extraordinary spiritual truths blending mythology folklore family history dreams wildlife and art these poems travel through landscapes both physical and emotional a japanese doll a hummingbird a palo verde tree forgotten keepsakes ghosts lakes birds and the desert become companions in an exploration of identity love grief healing and transformation with luminous imagery and remarkable emotional depth castle examines the delicate boundary between the natural world and the worlds we create through memory and imagination each poem uncovers traces of what has been lost while offering hope that restoration is always possible winner of the new mexico arizona book award and expanded with a selection of new poems doll god is an unforgettable collection that rewards slow reading and deep reflection rich in symbolism and lyrical beauty it speaks to readers who appreciate literary poetry that explores spirituality nature resilience and the enduring search for meaning doll god is a collection that lingers long after the final page reminding us that even what seems lost may still be waiting to be found order doll god now 18 comments filed under book award doll god dolls poetry poetry book poetry collection tagged as doll god new mexico arizona book awards poems about art poems about dolls poems about nature poetry collection by luanne july 8 2026 6 00 am a photo update to an old story in my old photo scanning i have found a photo i didn t know existed but i had heard about the subject of the picture in fact i wrote about it on this blog in 2012 and then re blogged it in 2013 it s in a story i wrote about spending time with my maternal grandmother i ll repost the story here at the end i ll post the photo i found because by the end of the story you will know why i thought it was such a great find when i was little i stayed with my grandmother during the day while my parents were at work it was just grandma and me at the house grandpa worked down the block at his sunoco filling station every day at noon grandma and i brought his lunch to him he d climb...