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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”
The Lovely Magic of Spicy Chips
What’s the last movie that made you cry, you ask? I want to answer, the one I’m in. But that would sound self-pitying and if there’s anything I can’t stand it’s wallowing along with chocolate chip cookies that are limp and falling apart like… Continue Reading “The Lovely Magic of Spicy Chips”
Checking Worries Off My List
My daughter dying in a foreign country. I’m free from this worry because she died here – in the United States instead of in Nicaragua where she had been living. Could I be any more macabre? This morning on the back porch, I said… Continue Reading “Checking Worries Off My List”
My New Learning Curve
Well, today I learned that if you buy a $39, nuclear weapons protection grade, red birdfeeder that requires each bird to create a unique registration number not shared with any other bird in order to partake of any seeds, then the squirrels will suddenly… Continue Reading “My New Learning Curve”
Want What You Have or Not
Here. It’s not perfect but I gave up envy for Lent. My mother who seemed to me to be more long suffering than content with her lot in life often said, “Want what you have.” This is useful advice since it can be applied… Continue Reading “Want What You Have or Not”
Floating is Fine as a Strategy
“You don’t have to decide everything right now.” It was the funeral director who said this first but since that meeting a month ago, I’ve said it to myself a hundred times. I don’t have to have a plan. I don’t have to weigh… Continue Reading “Floating is Fine as a Strategy”
Flap me a Jack, Mack
This morning my husband sent me an article from New York Times Cooking entitled, “The mistake everyone makes with pancakes.” I’m fascinated by this since I’ve always made pancakes out of the box, usually with mixes that say “Just Add Water!” as if that’s… Continue Reading “Flap me a Jack, Mack”
It’s Usually Right in Front of Us
I don’t do a lot of interpretive dance anymore but occasionally I take a picture that could generate some earnest group discussion. If this picture of dear Tempest ready to lead her human down a sunny trail doesn’t speak to you in some way,… Continue Reading “It’s Usually Right in Front of Us”
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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