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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”
Ten Little Mysteries Lined Up in a Row
There are so many unsolved mysteries in my little life. How cats know to use a litter box. How my dad could make a living playing in dance bands without knowing how to read music. Why my sister-in-law ratted me out about smoking marijuana… Continue Reading “Ten Little Mysteries Lined Up in a Row”
Living in the Death Wish
I can tell you the exact moment. It is August, late afternoon. The sun is shining but it’s heading to the horizon. After an afternoon of rolling waves, Lake Superior has evened out. The water is blue, the bluest blue, so blue that the… Continue Reading “Living in the Death Wish”
Brevity is Beautiful
My answer to the question is yes. Love is a place. Yes is a world. Two lines from a very short poem by E. E. Cummings. The words are engraved on the underside of the silver bracelet I wear almost every day. I would… Continue Reading “Brevity is Beautiful”
Where’s the Money When you Need It?
I wish I’d come up with the scratch to buy the land adjacent to our cabin on Lake Superior, so someone wasn’t able to build an enormous, earth-scarring monstrosity next door. I say ‘next door’ hesitantly as it implies neighborliness, as in, let’s go… Continue Reading “Where’s the Money When you Need It?”
What I Know to be True: Gray is a Color
This is exactly the first thing that came to mind when I opened my eyes this morning. Gray is a color. It’s not the memory of a color. Gray is the color of doves and steel. Gray is a long life’s memory. I must… Continue Reading “What I Know to be True: Gray is a Color”
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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