Whatcha Up To?:

• Need a Tax Donation? Our little Thompson Falls Public Library has added to their Amazon Wishlist! (More Below).
• October Writing Prompt Winner Heather Saint! (More Below).
• Join us for Flashlights & Firelight Online Book Club November 19, 2025 to discuss The Wild Why with the author, Laura Munson! (More Below).

Tax Deductible Library Support

Last year, I became a trustee on the Thompson Falls Public Library Board and it has been a rollercoaster! Our little library in Thompson Falls, Montana has been hit by all the same massive cuts that other institutes of culture have been hit with across the country, and the grants we rely on for our new materials budget have also been slashed. So we’re getting with the times and creating an Amazon Wishlist with quarterly rolling asks. Check it out here and please share!

October Writing Prompt Winner: Heather Saint

I know I have cancer, why doesn’t anyone believe me.  Blood tests, antibiotics that don’t work and upset my system. More blood tests, more antibiotics.  Now I am getting frustrated and angry. Finally, more tests scheduled, ultrasounds, CT, cystectomy, TURBT surgery catheter for two weeks. And then, finally, yes I have bladder cancer. Why does it take so much to prove to doctors and medical professionals we really do know our own bodies and what is wrong or right with them?  Why can’t they trust us? Are they so emboldened by big Pharma that only their special degrees and pills will actually fix us?  Why does talking with family and friends who understand finally lift the despair and anger and maybe just maybe see progress towards healing?  

Heather Saint is a world traveled native Montanan, settling into retirement in NW Montana.

November Timed Writing Prompt Available Now!

Want a chance to have your work featured on my website, social media, Patreon and Substack accounts? Become a supporter and you’ll have access to my monthly timed writing prompt. Send me your unedited, timed writing response for your chance to be featured! Find the November prompt on Patreon or Substack.

Online Winter Writing Workshops

My local library has been wanting me to do more writing workshops, but it’s hard to schedule, because our library is (thankfully) extremely full of programming already. We’ve agreed an online workshop might work best, especially in the harder month of February when people are starting to get cabin fever. There will be four sessions, all free and all online via Zoom, and anyone can attend. You can register to attend and have Zoom automatically remind you by checking out my Events Page or finding the events on Facebook.

Flashlights & Firelight Online Book Club

Join us on Zoom November 19, 2025 at 6pm MT to discuss The Wild Why with the author, Laura Munson.

Monthly Book Talks!

Love to read but never know what to pick up? Check out my monthly videos for my local Thompson Falls Public Library here. Remember to Subscribe for free so you never miss one. Book talks: like book club, but shorter.

Readings

Did you know I occasionally remember to record readings of my published pieces. You can check out the latest one here. Be sure to Subscribe so you don’t miss the next one!

Please forward this to those you think may enjoy it. As always, thanks for joining me. I appreciate you’re here.

NOTE: You can email me directly at sunday (at) sundaydutro (dot) com