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#18 of 92: Who Needs Advice? Not Me.
If you could go back in time and give your younger self advice, what would it be? View all responses Which younger self? The last week younger self or the fiftyish younger self or the chick who dusted the ants off a peony so… Continue Reading “#18 of 92: Who Needs Advice? Not Me.”
#12 of 92: Heat-Dried SEO
What are your strategies for SEO? View all responses It is mid-October and very hot. This has interrupted my years’ long preoccupation with SEO. (sarcasm) [For normal people who have never thought about SEO and don’t want to, here’s the AI explanation: SEO (Search… Continue Reading “#12 of 92: Heat-Dried SEO”
#7 of 92: Put the Poison Down! Let’s be Friends
If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them? View all responses If they’d like a cup of coffee. This presupposes they’re not aiming some kind of weapon at me and that they have the means to actually drink coffee. I once… Continue Reading “#7 of 92: Put the Poison Down! Let’s be Friends”
#5 of 92: Always Good to Have a Back-up Mantra
What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by? View all responses A few years ago, I was preparing a speech or a toast (maybe that’s a better word) for my older daughter’s fiftieth birthday party. I searched the internet for poems that talked… Continue Reading “#5 of 92: Always Good to Have a Back-up Mantra”
#2 of 92: My Closet as a Life Puzzle
The genie grants you a wish. What is it? View all responses Oh, I know what you’re thinking. Nope. I’m not fool enough to wish for that. If a genie appeared right here, danced with its velvet slippers across my keyboard – K –… Continue Reading “#2 of 92: My Closet as a Life Puzzle”
Go Where It’s Dark and You’ll Need to Start a Fire
What are some life hacks that you practice? View all responses My biggest life hack at the moment is leaving my comfortable and cozy home to go camping where I spend an hour trying to get a good campfire going, drink wine out of… Continue Reading “Go Where It’s Dark and You’ll Need to Start a Fire”
The Short Answer is I Don’t
How do you write what people actually want to read? View all responses My writing is an acquired taste. Most of my readers are older women. When they die off, my husband will be my only reader. He reads everything but doesn’t like everything.… Continue Reading “The Short Answer is I Don’t”
Sofas I Have Found and Loved from Down the Street
I could claim to have found a lucky charm or a hundred-dollar bill, but what I really found, careening around my neighborhood late for some meeting or some kid, were two sofas. A rose-colored mid-century beauty that seemed to have been barely touched and… Continue Reading “Sofas I Have Found and Loved from Down the Street”
Reading Whistler on my Kindle for Six Weeks
My new hobby seems to be reading the book Whistler by Ann Patchett. It’s been nearly six weeks since I put it on my Kindle. Every night I’d read in the dark, wonder what the deal was with Eddie and Daphne, the horse, and… Continue Reading “Reading Whistler on my Kindle for Six Weeks”
I Didn’t Want to but I Had to Answer this One
I don’t really want to answer this question but if I do, maybe it will quit haunting me. The last time I saw my daughter alive, I was standing in the doorway of her hospital room, itching to leave because my husband and I… Continue Reading “I Didn’t Want to but I Had to Answer this One”
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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