I recently heard a friend-of-a-friend talking about being a productive writer. As she was touting her daily writing habits, she attributed her recent success—and that would be success in putting [...]
Posts by Jenny
Mom-aproprisms
Harriet’s post on her mother’s refusal to remember the name of the local mall hit close to home. I, too, have a mother who has always found a way to [...]
A Wilder Life
Things in our house have been a little Wilder lately. Laura Ingalls Wilder, that is, who published her first book, Little House in the Big Woods, in 1931. The next [...]
On A Roll
Working in market research, I’m continually surprised by the intensity of people’s opinions about the products I take for granted. Take toilet paper, for instance. In our family, if we’ve [...]
Your Tax Dollars At Work
I must be becoming more of a rule-follower and less of a rebel as I get older, because I finding myself increasingly ticked off by the attitude that paying taxes [...]
Darn Funny Videos
Back in the ’90s, the concept of catching life’s most hilarious and outrageous moments on camera was entertainment in itself. Bob Saget enlightened America to our own Funniest Home Videos [...]
The Skin I’m In
I remember being about 15 and putting eyeliner on my mom. Or trying. It was hard to apply a clean, straight line (as I’d been instructed by Seventeen magazine) while [...]
Let’s Hang Out
Lately I’ve had the privilege of attending a few house parties. The magic formula has been: a manageable number of friends and neighbors, great food, and, of course, somebody’s home. [...]