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10 Jun

On the Occasion of Getting the Results of a Biopsy

  • By Jené Jackson
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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
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18 Sep

Civil War of My Books

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In blurting, process
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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
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05 Nov

Nine Years in the Making – The Oat Project memoir

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In book news, events
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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

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In book news, Jené
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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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20 Mar

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

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In Jené
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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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18 May

The Gifts of Empty

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In Jené, process
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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
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12 May

Out of the Blue, a Poem for You

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In blurting, Jené, process
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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,
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09 May

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

  • By Jené Jackson
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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,
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09 Apr

Gigantic, Google, Macrosomatognosia, and Me

  • By Jené Jackson
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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
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08 Apr

Exceptions: The Game of Thrones, March Madness, and I Do Not Watch Television

  • By Jené Jackson
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I do not watch television. I do not own a tv. If I watch tv, it shall never be in the daytime. If it is in the daytime, it is only because I’m sick. These are my rules. The
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