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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Chemicals and Electricity, Love and Memory

Three years ago today, my otherwise vibrant, loving mother-in-law died within a month of a cancer diagnosis. That makes March 22nd her…

Mar 22, 2022

Quilt finished by Jannie’s friend Mary Runkel, gifted to Jannie’s sister Becky. Whimsical fabric chosen by Jannie (stacks and stacks of it in her sewing room!), circular hand-stitching by Mary, with the happy coincidence that the life cycle is circular and eternal and hopeful.

Mar 22, 2022

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

New and Improving: Em Kiku

I have a book problem. It’s an excellent problem to have, but I read other people’s books when I want to send more of my own words out in…

Jan 10, 2022

New and Improving: Em Kiku

Jan 10, 2022

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Speaking as Victim Brings Freedom

Ten years and more painful mistakes went by until I realized I was hiding my shame even from myself.

May 17, 2021

Speaking as Victim Brings Freedom

May 17, 2021

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Revising is Hard, But Rebelling is Worse

“You can’t make me, and neither can I,” but kicking (my) ass (into gear) means sending my words to you out there.

May 13, 2021

Revising is Hard, But Rebelling is Worse

May 13, 2021

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

One Easy Habit for Eliminating Plastic in Your Life

I like to spy on people’s grocery purchases. Today on the conveyor belt I noticed a twenty-something buying several produce items, all of…

Aug 17, 2019

One Easy Habit for Eliminating Plastic in Your Life

Aug 17, 2019

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

The Atomic Weight of Overlooked Stories

I admire The Atomic Weight of Love for its ambitious portrayal of feminism, militarism, and sexual awakening, not to mention the…

Nov 6, 2018

The Atomic Weight of Overlooked Stories

Nov 6, 2018

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

What are Lists For?

I used to believe in the tidy summaries that listicle headlines promised. Even as I know they’re mostly clickbait, it’s tempting to think…

Oct 20, 2018

What are Lists For?

Oct 20, 2018

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Babies Are Messy

Body Full of Stars captures the gorgeous wonder of new life and love, and shows how these are inescapably entangled with hard work that…

Jun 15, 2018

Babies Are Messy

Jun 15, 2018

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

These Native Teen Warriors Say: “Fight for Each Other and Ourselves”

“We can win this battle against hopelessness….Today we are bombarded by technology meant to make our lives better. However, we often find…

Mar 2, 2018

These Native Teen Warriors Say: “Fight for Each Other and Ourselves”

Mar 2, 2018

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Creative People Way Out of My League Who Nonetheless Inspire Me

Amy Pohler as pollyanna powerhouse Leslie Knope in “Parks and Recreation”, the way Ali Wong nails racist Asians in her Netflix special Baby…

Feb 12, 2018

Creative People Way Out of My League Who Nonetheless Inspire Me

Feb 12, 2018

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Writer, reader, parent, educator, ex-Catholic, believer in spirit, value the very young and the very old, impatient with phoniness.

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