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Category: Friday Round-Up
Roadside Giants Friday Round-Up
“This isn’t a place a person ought to work if they don’t have options.” A colleague said that to me during a particularly fractious and professionally precarious time at the anti-poverty agency where we both worked. I quit when my ethics ran up against… Continue Reading “Roadside Giants Friday Round-Up”
Use the Big Ladle Friday Roundup
I took control of my hair this week. The realization that my hair was accelerating my fade into oblivion had me texting my hairdresser late Monday night. Short, very short, and color, and my brows, my brows are a mess. And when I got… Continue Reading “Use the Big Ladle Friday Roundup”
Bum Leg Friday Round-Up
My left leg has got me walking like Granny Clampett. I was just sitting on the couch, not hurtin’ nobody, and ouch! like a rubber band got snapped around my knee. It’ll go away, it always does, but in the meantime I’m rocking back… Continue Reading “Bum Leg Friday Round-Up”
Give It a Rest Friday Round-Up
Is feeling like one hasn’t done enough when what wasn’t done doesn’t matter uniquely a female thing? I wondered about this driving home from dropping off 150 “period packs” at a community event for homeless people. I should’ve put more tampons/pads in each pack.… Continue Reading “Give It a Rest Friday Round-Up”
Eviction Notice Friday Round-Up
The folks camping at our local Tent City are getting the boot. Each one was handed a letter today from the State Department of Transportation (on whose land beneath the freeway they are camping) saying they have until October 31st to skedaddle. My usual… Continue Reading “Eviction Notice Friday Round-Up”
Got My Chops Back Friday Round-Up
What I did this week was get things done. After days and weeks of moping and having a brain dull as an old tennis ball, I just focused on getting stuff done. Meetings, writing, planning, checking things off the list. Just work the list,… Continue Reading “Got My Chops Back 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”
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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