Kath, a winner of the Loft-McKnight Award for fiction, was inspired to write haiku after the brutal Twin Cities winter of 2014, where 53 nights featured a temperature of zero or lower. “The gratitude for spring that year came pouring out of me in haiku form when I’d walk our dog, Dugan,” she said. “The last ten years have been very tumultuous for the country, the planet and me personally. The simple practice of haiku and a photo every day helps when I feel my compass wavering. Perhaps my readers will enjoy the chance to take a breath with me in a busy life.”