Red's Wrap
Happiness. It's relative.
Category: Writing
Fan of Brevity
Trifecta asks for three words that sum up my writing process. Here they are: All at once.
24 Minutes
In order to keep to my pledge to write 100 essays in 100 days, I have to write this one in 24 minutes. This is nothing new to me – to wait until the last minute to do important things. Sometimes, I set it… Continue Reading “24 Minutes”
Swimming Dreams
I love swimming more than a normal person and my friend, Karen, loves swimming more than me. We go to a Master’s swim class together which makes her giddy with joy every week. I like it a lot but never get giddy. I’m her… Continue Reading “Swimming Dreams”
The Courage to Wear A Hat
It takes courage to wear a hat. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. A baseball cap is easy. Every one – male or female – looks good in a baseball cap. So I’ve got no special admiration for people who sport baseball caps. It’s… Continue Reading “The Courage to Wear A Hat”
The Wolf on the Road
I saw right away that it was a wolf. People will want to tell me that it was a coyote but I’ve seen coyotes and I’ve seen wolves and this was a wolf. Tall, walking fast but purposefully, head up, looking straight ahead, not… Continue Reading “The Wolf on the Road”
Chinooks 1, Brewers 0
All of you sad sack Brewer fans should cash in your season tickets and stop your morning weeping over the sports page and become Lakeshore Chinook fans instead. Here’s ten reasons why. I’ll go in David Letterman order. #10: The Chinooks are owned by… Continue Reading “Chinooks 1, Brewers 0”
Our Faces
The anti-choice folks have been genius at the fine art of shaming. I have to hand it to them. It’s impressive how the shame of having gotten an illegal abortion has morphed into shame of getting a legal abortion, the distinction seemingly lost on… Continue Reading “Our Faces”
I’m Going to Write 100 Essays
I’m going to write 100 essays just because I can. And I’m going to write them in 100 days, starting now. I don’t have 100 reasons why nor do I have 100 ideas for essays. I believe it will come to me. And I’m… Continue Reading “I’m Going to Write 100 Essays”
Get a Bigger Plate
This morning, I am taking my own advice from a few years ago. I am feeling overwhelmed by work and school and the pull to swim and walk and be outside, which so often gets denied these days. I went to bed thinking I… Continue Reading “Get a Bigger Plate”
Welded
He never answered when she asked him why his art had turned into this. Why welding huge pieces of sheet metal into dinosaurs and giant mosquitoes and waiting for them to become perfectly rusty in the yard next to their house had become his… Continue Reading “Welded”
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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