Red's Wrap
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Drop Me a Stitch Tonight
Twenty-five years ago, our old beach house on Lake Superior burned down. It was January, bitterly cold, with snow so deep in our driveway that a front-end loader had to clear it before the fire engines could get to the house. Not surprisingly, it… Continue Reading “Drop Me a Stitch Tonight”
Less is More, My Friend
I’m trying to say less online and have it mean more. You can’t run your mouth all the time and expect anyone to listen. And you can’t be shouting and swearing and the ubiquitous ‘calling people out’ and not grind your followers’ patience to… Continue Reading “Less is More, My Friend”
Caked Out
Nobody would believe I made a cake, a layer cake no less, for which I had to buy new round cake pans since it’s been decades since I baked a layer cake or really any cake for that matter, but I felt compelled because… Continue Reading “Caked Out”
Typing My Way to Victory
Central Michigan University, Michigan State University (2x), University of Michigan-Flint, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2x). My college education started in 1966 and ended in 1986. I just this minute realized that my trudge through higher education consumed twenty years. But the real question is what… Continue Reading “Typing My Way to Victory”
Kick the Can Friday Round-Up
Writing a story where I know the main character pretty well but have no idea what she’s going to do is a weird sort of playing but I like it. Yesterday, I pulled a character from a murder mystery my husband and I wrote… Continue Reading “Kick the Can Friday Round-Up”
Embroidering in the Well
I don’t know much about the year I was born but I know that it didn’t go well. My mother stayed in the hospital for six weeks after I was born. I was sent home to be cared for by my grandmother. There was… Continue Reading “Embroidering in the Well”
Backflip on Day 1
[Prompt: Tell us about your first day at something.] In the first minutes of the first day at my job as a secretary to the supervisor of Meridian Township in 1967, I leaned back in my swivel chair and fell over so that I… Continue Reading “Backflip on Day 1”
Iron Me a Fine Shirt
[What could you do less of?] I’m already doing less of the things I could do less of. Hanging back. Waiting. Wasting time. Second guessing. Ironing. I could only do less ironing if I took my ironing board and my steam iron and threw… Continue Reading “Iron Me a Fine Shirt”
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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