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By Jené Jackson August 3, 2014August 26, 2014 Jené/process

Happy Birthday, Mom

Dear Mom, Happy Birthday, mamadear, on what would have been your 69th. I’m sitting here about to watch an Agatha Christie movie, whom you loved, eating beets then pecan shortbread, which you loved (as do I), end-of-week tired from work you would have been so happy to know I was

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By Jené Jackson April 4, 2014April 4, 2014 blurting/book news/Jené/process

Divergent? Or Derailed?

What do you do when you fall short of a goal? How do you Define it? Is it a Divergence? Or a Derailing? Are you more motivated with humongous, “unrealistic” goals? Or small steps? I am slowly figuring out how I work best. I keep thinking that making big goals

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By Jené Jackson April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 Jené/process

Call Me! It’s California!

T-Mobile thinks I’m in Mexico. Last night, as I arrived at the unexpected gift of two nights in a condo on the beach, my phone pinged. I wondered who might be texting so late and looked to find T-Mobile’s cheerful message: “Welcome to Mexico! Texts are $.50 and calls are

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By Jené Jackson February 1, 2014February 1, 2014 blurting/Jené/process

My Mother’s Words to Me, Through Me

The last week or two, a sort of time warp has wrapped every moment in as intense a grief and dark a depression as just after my mother and sister-in-law died a year and two months ago. It’s as though some parts of my mind and body have moved through

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By Jené Jackson December 16, 2013December 17, 2013 blurting/Jené/process

Lists and Christmas: The One Thing I Want for Christmas

My childhood Christmas lists were a work of art. Crafted from hours with my nose in the Sears catalog, the key at the top was essential. Need Very Badly = NVB. Need = N. Want = W. Want Very Much = WVM. Each item (often topping 100) was coded, with its

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By Jené Jackson December 3, 2013December 3, 2013 blurting/Jené/process

My Mother’s Ring

Right now, I am standing at a coffee shop, trying to write about my mom, for you, for myself, to honor her today. She died at about 2:30 a.m. on December 4th a year ago. Tomorrow, I will tell you more about those last days. For this day, I have

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By Jené Jackson September 27, 2013September 27, 2013 Jené/process

The Somersaulted Rant of Sheisse (Thank You)

This whole thing started with “Sheisse!” (“shit” in German) And I felt justified in saying it, too. Out loud, even! For Stuff has gone Wrong all day. Broken dishes, broken wifi, broken me…ah, there’s one part of it. Only in the last few days has my mom felt…gone gone, physically

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By Jené Jackson September 13, 2013 book news/Jené/process

The Dream Life

It just hit me. I’m living my dream life. Do I mean everything is perfect? Nope. That I have all I want? Nay. Then how? Well, it has to do with cooking. When people ask me what I “do,” I say, “I’m an Artist.” And then they ask which medium,

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By Jené Jackson August 22, 2013August 22, 2013 blurting/Jené/process

How Today is Like Homemade Butter

Today feels like butter. Well, like making butter…deep, emotional, existential conversations bubbling up and coalescing from what seemed like milk-plain, catch-up chats. I’ve been getting raw milk from the amazing folks at Larga Vista Ranch for a while now, and though it is for my children, usually I end up

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By Jené Jackson August 7, 2013 blurting/Jené/process

Finally, a Feminist

This is not complete. It is not well-thought-out. Not planned. Not really even edited. But it is me, now. I have more to say on this, but that will come. Love to you all (female and male). 🙂 Jene’

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