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In the Loop Story Slam
Minnesota Public Radio
Our escape was a long weekend in Puerto Vallarta. Jason, my
on-again-off-again boyfriend, had finished months of hospice
care—then buried his father and we were desperate for a
break.
But when we returned, I didn’t feel so well.
I obsessively researched Giardia and all related diseases that
Mexico INFLICTED on me and finally went to the clinic armed
with my diagnosis – where After some tests, I’m told by a
chirper physician, “It’s nothing nine months wouldn’t cure.”
(pause)
I turned this information around in my head and like a good
public radio listener said, “I have Lyme disease?” Now to my
defense, I had recently heard a lengthy program on the topic,
but if you read the thought-cloud above the doctor, it said
something like, “you’re pregnant—AND stupid.”
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To hear Lucie perform in the
Story Slam in front of a live
audience follow the link below
kindly hosted on Mombo.org
Text and Audio Here
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Lucie performed her "Benevolent
Wife" essay on MRP's All Things
Considered
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The Benevolent Wife
Blue Water Sailing and Public Radio
excerpt
When the National Guard summoned my husband to a port
town, I made him promise not to buy a boat. For a litany of
reasons the timing was poor: our children are very small, our
budget too stretched but mostly it was safety concerns. I
reminded Jason that just because he reads sailing magazines
and took that lesson two years ago didn’t mean he was ready to
own a boat on Lake Superior.
“Remember, Honey, how you took the boom in the face?” I
reminded him. “And you chipped your front tooth… and nearly
fell in the water?” It wasn’t the prospect of cosmetic dentistry that
alarmed me; I just didn’t want us to end up in a Gordon Lightfoot
song...
a virtual resume
Lucie B. Amundsen
Your Exposed Life
"In the Loop"
Minnesota Public Radio
Throw my name into Google and you’d believe I’m an authority
on home, yard and garden care. See - I’m a freelance writer
and I wrote this story called “First Aid for your Lawn, Remedies
for your Hurtin’ Turf.” Then -it snowballed. Magazines that
previously wouldn’t reply to my story ideas were now phoning
me. And before I knew it, I’m writing a trail of do-it-yourself
articles for a national magazine. 1.2 million readers are
learning how to bend rebar into a garden trellis, build a closet
organizer out of a sheet and half of oak veneer plywood and
throw that perfect corn roast – from me.
Online I come off as some great Fix-it guru with the flair of
Martha Stewart, but I prefer to think myself more a Carrie
Bradshaw ala Sex in the City. We’re both wavy hair writers,
have predominant noses and write about ballcocks and
screws – though I’m plainly more PBS, less HBO.
Lucie's reading of her essay is
about halfway through the
podcast.
