# everlasting (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover everlasting. Page: Feed: --- ## [Resistance Writers, We Need You Now](https://writereverlasting.substack.com/p/resistance-writers-we-need-you-now) _2026-08-23 · Ramona Grigg · Writer Everlasting_ You need to be heard. We need your voices. Are you afraid? Me, too. ## [Beltrami Island Resettlement Project 1934-1942](https://jillswenson.substack.com/p/beltrami-island-resettlement-project) _2026-08-23 · Jill Swenson · On Lake of the Woods_ When Red Lake Reservation land opened up to homestead claims between Upper Red Lake and Lake of the Woods in 1902, settlers arrived in the Beltrami Island forest. ## [Penturen Church and the Beltrami Island Resettlement Project](https://jillswenson.substack.com/p/penturen-church-and-the-beltrami) _2026-08-16 · Jill Swenson · On Lake of the Woods_ Indian land given to Polish homesteaders not suitable for agriculture ## [Laurie Hertzel, Lawrence U, Living Now Book Award](https://jillswenson.substack.com/p/laurie-hertzel-lawrence-u-living) _2026-08-14 · Jill Swenson · On Lake of the Woods_ Last Tuesday evening, Magers & Quinn Booksellers in Uptown Minneapolis hosted a conversation between Laurie Hertzel and me about The Land of Everlasting Sky: A Memoir of Loss and Legacy on Lake of the Woods. ## [On Camera Online. My First!](https://writereverlasting.substack.com/p/on-camera-online-my-first) _2026-08-12 · Ramona Grigg · Writer Everlasting_ Wherein I play the foil to two amazing women who are also seasoned Techies. ## [An extraordinary gift from Don Kakaygeesick](https://jillswenson.substack.com/p/an-extraordinary-gift-from-don-kakaygeesick) _2026-08-09 · Jill Swenson · On Lake of the Woods_ Last month when I visited northern Minnesota, Don Kakaygeesick gave me this magnificent original watercolor painting of his. ## [Instinct is What Separates Seasoned Writers from the New.](https://writereverlasting.substack.com/p/instinct-is-what-separates-seasoned) _2026-08-01 · Ramona Grigg · Writer Everlasting_ Get rid of the fear and instinct will settle in. ## [The book club that buoyed my Lake of the Woods book tour](https://jillswenson.substack.com/p/the-book-club-that-buoyed-my-lake) _2026-07-26 · Jill Swenson · On Lake of the Woods_ When I returned to Warroad in 2014 after my mother’s funeral, novelist Kim Hruba (Elevator Girl) introduced herself and we met at Caribou Coffee to talk books. ## [Road tripping across northern Minnesota](https://jillswenson.substack.com/p/road-tripping-across-northern-minnesota) _2026-07-19 · Jill Swenson · On Lake of the Woods_ Go north, cool off, be present ## [Maybe You Weren't Meant to be a Writer. What if it's that word "Writer" That Appeals to You and You Can't Let Go.](https://writereverlasting.substack.com/p/maybe-you-werent-meant-to-be-a-writer) _2026-07-18 · Ramona Grigg · Writer Everlasting_ It's almost always a choice. Does writing make you feel good most of the time? It should. Or why do it? Let's talk honestly. Maybe there's something else. ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tOjS8oAGOHS0) _2026-07-18 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [Making the Kirkus Indies Award short list, Lake of the Woods book tour highlights, and Wham! Bam! Book! Slam!](https://jillswenson.substack.com/p/making-the-kirkus-indies-award-short) _2026-07-12 · Jill Swenson · On Lake of the Woods_ This past Tuesday, Kirkus revealed the list of finalists for the inaugural Kirkus Indie Awards to “celebrate the excellence, breadth, and depth of independently published books.” ## [Every kid gets two nickels](https://jillswenson.substack.com/p/every-kid-gets-two-nickels) _2026-07-05 · Jill Swenson · On Lake of the Woods_ on the Fourth of July in Warroad ## [Lake of the Woods Book Tour: July 8-18](https://jillswenson.substack.com/p/lake-of-the-woods-book-tour-july) _2026-07-01 · Jill Swenson · On Lake of the Woods_ Moorhead is the first stop on my book tour across northern Minnesota. ## [Introducing HELP EVERLASTING](https://writereverlasting.substack.com/p/introducing-everlasting-hypewriter) _2026-07-01 · Ramona Grigg · Writer Everlasting_ Short sessions on Finding Your Voice. ## [Words Out of Nowhere. When a Piece Writes Itself.](https://writereverlasting.substack.com/p/words-out-of-nowhere-when-a-piece) _2026-06-28 · Ramona Grigg · Writer Everlasting_ When a piece arrives out of nowhere should we be suspicious? Does it matter how it happened? ## [Eddy Cobiness (1933-1996): Artist of the Woodlands School](https://jillswenson.substack.com/p/eddy-cobiness-1933-1996-artist-of) _2026-06-28 · Jill Swenson · On Lake of the Woods_ Original member of the Indian Group of Seven ## [Magical Moments on Book Tour](https://jillswenson.substack.com/p/magical-moments-on-book-tour) _2026-06-22 · Jill Swenson · On Lake of the Woods_ and meeting Substackers in person ## [How is it 'Self-help' When Someone Else is Telling You How to Do it?](https://writereverlasting.substack.com/p/how-is-it-self-help-when-someone) _2026-06-16 · Ramona Grigg · Writer Everlasting_ Can you learn any other way? ## [Words Into Sentences and Then into Art](https://writereverlasting.substack.com/p/words-into-sentences-and-then-into) _2026-06-08 · Ramona Grigg · Writer Everlasting_ The words are there. So is the art. The trick is to find the magic to blend them. ## [Wherein the Writer Takes Comfort in the Uncomfortable.](https://writereverlasting.substack.com/p/wherein-the-writer-takes-comfort) _2026-06-01 · Ramona Grigg · Writer Everlasting_ Because this isn't all there is. ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gEZrxcCUPFs3) _2026-06-01 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [If Only Molly Ivins Could Be Here Now.](https://writereverlasting.substack.com/p/if-only-molly-ivins-could-be-here) _2026-05-19 · Ramona Grigg · Writer Everlasting_ She was brave, she was fearless, she was hilarious. I wasn't, but she gave me my voice ## [E. B. White Made His Essays Important Just by Being Himself.](https://writereverlasting.substack.com/p/e-b-white-made-his-essays-important) _2026-05-11 · Ramona Grigg · Writer Everlasting_ If it was chickens on his farm or the looming war, he found an easy way to invite his readers to care. He found the words to bring it all alive.