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You Asked, Here’s My Day
I’m hot and sweaty and I see from looking from my office perch that the people across the street have put their garbage carts out which is a sign that I should do the same except I am spent from a day of driving… Continue Reading “You Asked, Here’s My Day”
Falling Apart Meat Loaf and Nicknames of Old Friday Round-Up
My brother called me Red. He also called me Short Pants. He was nine years older and looked out for me a lot so when he called me Red, it felt like a blanket wrapped around my shoulders. No one else ever called me… Continue Reading “Falling Apart Meat Loaf and Nicknames of Old Friday Round-Up”
Hard Things Small and Large
[Prompt: What bothers you and why?] I’d say that the heat bothers me but I’m resigned to it. Weak coffee bothers me, nearly as much as coffee not being hot enough. On the topic of coffee, flavored creamers bother me. A lot. Like hazelnut.… Continue Reading “Hard Things Small and Large”
The Way We Say Thank You
Yesterday, I floated with a blue pool noodle for an hour and a half in a little inland lake in Wisconsin. Around me were boys throwing a football ten thousand times and landing loud on their bellies when they came close but missed the… Continue Reading “The Way We Say Thank You”
When Tubes Burst and Change Everything
I pulled the car up to Flint City Hall and sat slumped over the steering wheel. A passer-by asked if he could help and I whispered to him to go inside and find my husband. I couldn’t move, couldn’t walk, and knew that in… Continue Reading “When Tubes Burst and Change Everything”
I See and I Write
Boy’s blue umbrella Unfurled, sprinkler’s hard rain foiled Called in for dinner ___________________ Photo by nameless 3791 on Unsplash
In the By and By, Sometime Before I Die
A colleague of mine once told me, apropos of what I don’t remember, that it takes the average person seven years to decide to buy a new pillow. At the time, I looked at him, his name was Ramon, while he lit yet another… Continue Reading “In the By and By, Sometime Before I Die”
All the Notable Happenings Friday Round-Up
I mowed the lawn. This was my big, beautiful goal for today after a week of anxiety about trying to get the County Board to approve a major project. The whole notion of mowing the grass in perfect rows was tantalizing and I’m not… Continue Reading “All the Notable Happenings Friday Round-Up”
Throw Me a Life Preserver from the Chair High Up
Let’s talk about jobs we wish we’d had. I wish I’d been a lifeguard. Not a pool lifeguard but a lifeguard on Lake Michigan. I’d wear a red bathing suit and a hat with ‘lifeguard’ stitched across the front and sit in the ten-foot-tall… Continue Reading “Throw Me a Life Preserver from the Chair High Up”
Canned Legacy in the Pantry
Luckily, we have a can of salmon. We also have a can of tuna along with the ultimate protection against hunger – a can of Spam. I know how to stock a pantry. And how to always, always figure out something to make for… Continue Reading “Canned Legacy in the Pantry”
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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