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Paris Places Walked
By Jené Jackson March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 Jené

A Lovely Love Story: Paris and “Eye Prefer Paris”

I subscribe to several travel and photography newsletters, and Eye Prefer Paris is one of my favorites. Its genteel and gentle tone, straightforward photography, and glimpses of a Paris life consistently charm. It’s a glimpse into a life that is definitely close to how I think of as Ideal, a

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By Jené Jackson June 10, 2019 poetry

On the Occasion of Getting the Results of a Biopsy

On the Occasion of Getting the Results of a Biopsy a poem by Jene’ Jackson I lifted my eyes to the sky after hearing “all clear” at a dreaded follow up To see two hawks circling between contrail X’s hallways the high ways. The hawks circled each other together but

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By Jené Jackson September 18, 2018December 22, 2018 blurting/process

Civil War of My Books

I’m having a weird relationship with my books lately. I have many, many books. I had many books before my mom died, and then I got most of hers, and now I have even more. And they’re great books. I call myself a “literary survivalist.” Someday–we all know it will

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By Jené Jackson November 5, 2016December 22, 2018 book news/events

Nine Years in the Making – The Oat Project memoir

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 to RAWR, flee to the beach and hide my head

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By Jené Jackson August 4, 2016August 4, 2016 book news/Jené

THE Announcement – My Mom’s View

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, like getting drunk, going dancing, getting a tattoo, and smoking

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By Jené Jackson March 20, 2015October 11, 2015 Jené

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

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 in the year before with “maintenance” chemo. She was having

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By Jené Jackson May 18, 2014May 18, 2014 Jené/process

The Gifts of Empty

The kitchen is where my inner science geek and slapdashing artist get to dirty dance…pure alchemy. Cooking has always given me energy, yes; but it also requires a focus, effort, and sense of play that I haven’t been able to muster often over the last year and a half since

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By Jené Jackson May 12, 2014May 12, 2014 blurting/Jené/process

Out of the Blue, a Poem for You

Some days, writing is like a laser beam: sharp, focused. Other days, it’s like a flood: deep, dense. This day, this morning, I woke with an emotional hangover. Yesterday–my second Mother’s Day without my mother–was heavy with unexpected grief, conflict, and affection. My children saved it, of course, as did

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By Jené Jackson May 9, 2014 book news/events/Jené

A Story of My Mother’s Last Gifts, at The Story Project – TONIGHT

A little over two years ago, I told a story from the summer I wrote The Oat Project for a program here in Colorado Springs called The Story Project. Like The Moth Radio Hour out of New York City, it’s live, local storytelling without a script. Tonight, on this Mother’s

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By Jené Jackson April 9, 2014April 9, 2014 blurting/Jené

Gigantic, Google, Macrosomatognosia, and Me

This post has no neat and tidy ending. It does have a soundtrack, though. Go here to listen to the musical version of these words. It’s 11:38pm on “G” day for the A to Z April Blogging Challenge. I was determined to catch up and post today but got busy.

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Paris Places Walked

A Lovely Love Story: Paris and “Eye Prefer Paris”

All Those Beginnings

A Personal Mother’s Day 2020 Snapshot

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The Church of Wild is really, actually, finally here!

On the Occasion of Getting the Results of a Biopsy

YouTube, New and Old

LIWI and the Church of Wild

Ta-Dah! The Beginning of The Church of Wild: I Read to You