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05 Nov

Nine Years in the Making – The Oat Project memoir

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And so it is here. The Oat Project is done, ready, being read by presale and (from way back) full subscribers. Are you ready? I don’t feel ready. But I’m doing it anyway. Right now, this minute, I’m simultaneously wanting
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04 Aug

THE Announcement – My Mom’s View

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ANNOUNCEMENT (Please read, then watch the video): Nine years ago, I started a project that became transformational then seminal: Over the summer of 2007, at 37 years old, I finally came of age via doing 22 things I’d never done,
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18 Apr

Going to the DNC: How it All Happened

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I’m headed to the Democratic National Convention as a delegate for Colorado Congressional District 5. !!! I’m still in a bit of shock over here, but if you’d like to know the whole story of how this happened, head over
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14 Apr

WWBD? Bernie Made Me Do It!

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Hi everybody! Dang I love Bernie Sanders! Like many of you, Bernie is why I decided to go from only voting in major elections to becoming a Democrat to volunteering then caucusing then delegating then lo-and-behold speaking as his surrogate
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13 Apr

A Pre-Announcement Announcement

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Oh, dear ones. You know how we’re all trained by media for the PRE-announcement announcement? Well, here’s one: It has been one. long. haul. holy cow. Almost exactly nine years ago, I set off on an adventure I thought would
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23 Jan

My First March: Why I’m Marching for Bernie Sanders Today

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My First March: Why I’m Marching for Bernie Sanders A friend said to me yesterday, “Go hiking instead of marching. Nature is eternal, politics, not so much.” And so I pondered why I was “wasting” this glorious 60-degree Colorado winter
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04 Dec

Three Years…On the Upswing

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Three years ago today, my mom died after a long battle with cancer. She was 67. Too young. Unlike the others, this anniversary has not felt muffled and dark. Instead, it’s been filled with hanging out with my children and
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11 Oct

Derailed. Castle and the Sea

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I recently took a trip. To the beach. A dear friend asked me to cat-sit for a little over two weeks at her condo right. on. the. beach. Balcony overlooking the sand. Twenty or thirty yards from the water. I
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12 Apr

Humility: Not the First Thing

  • By Jené Jackson
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“Just stay humble.” “Don’t get too excited.” “You’re not all that.” Have you ever heard these sorts of words? In my humble opinion, I think hearing them at the beginning of an endeavor cripples accomplishment and creativity. If you want
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20 Mar

Back to Life: Weeping Salaams with Hugging and Wailing Dancing Spinning Gratitude and Pie

  • By Jené Jackson
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It was February 2012. I was about to launch the serialization of my book, The Oat Project. I got a call from family saying my mom was in the hospital. She had beaten cancer twice since 2008 but had struggled
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