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Category: Friday Round-Up
Unsettled Week Friday Round-Up
Friends lost an adult child/grandchild to suicide. This isn’t the first child/grandchild they have lost. I think of this many times during the day and wake up at night thinking about it. But I don’t feel frantic about needing to do something or fix… Continue Reading “Unsettled Week Friday Round-Up”
Out of Gum Friday Round-Up
It’s like old times with the rabid anti-abortion protestors coming to town. This is the week that the well-known national hate group Operation Save America is converging on Milwaukee to scream at passers-by and harass women coming to appointments at local abortion clinics. This… Continue Reading “Out of Gum Friday Round-Up”
Dig It Friday Round-Up
I feel like I’ve aged five years in a month. It’s like the age fairy got fed up with my prancing around thinking I was forty and decided to just slam the door on that nonsense. Actually, it’s the result of getting my cataracts… Continue Reading “Dig It Friday Round-Up”
Bugged Friday Round-Up
I asked a friend in recovery how it was to not be drinking and he responded that he never thought about it until someone asked. This gave me pause. What was I hoping to accomplish with the question? Did I want an actual answer… Continue Reading “Bugged Friday Round-Up”
Upper Peninsula Chainsaw Friday Round-Up
I’m of the opinion that it’s healthy to regularly do things you’re afraid to do. I like this idea as a professional thing more than a personal one. For instance, I might be afraid to write a huge federal grant with a lot of… Continue Reading “Upper Peninsula Chainsaw Friday Round-Up”
May Bee Friday Round-Up
I work with a group with a deep belief in pizza. We had a meeting tonight during which I ate two big cups of popcorn with mega butter and a Snickers bar. Then the pizza came. Oh, I eschewed the pizza, yes, I did,… Continue Reading “May Bee Friday Round-Up”
Saturday Afternoon Friday Round-Up
I wrote an essay on the plane that may be the best thing I ever wrote. I love sitting in a window seat with my laptop on the little fold-down table, all tucked in and cozy, looking at the clouds and sky, the little… Continue Reading “Saturday Afternoon Friday Round-Up”
Dog Days Friday Round-Up
The point of a writing class is to write stuff you wouldn’t otherwise write. This week I wrote an essay about cobwebs in which I rhapsodized about the nasty, looping cobwebs in our ancient basement. And in so doing I figured out many things.… Continue Reading “Dog Days Friday Round-Up”
For Crying Out Loud Friday Round-Up
I live in a country that is deporting an 11-year old girl because her paperwork got screwed up by bureaucrats. Hopefully, her attorneys will be able to stop this madness. But think of this: whoever was in charge didn’t just step up and fix… Continue Reading “For Crying Out Loud Friday Round-Up”
Worn Out Friday Round-Up
The one good thing about putting a dog down is not having to think anymore about putting the dog down. I really hate dread. So much so that I wake up many mornings and say to myself, what am I dreading today? This is… Continue Reading “Worn Out Friday Round-Up”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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