Category Archives: About Jenn

A Shell of a Life

for my Guinevere The beach is littered with a thousand shards hints of pink and purple wave upon wave of white

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Platinum Anniversary, Belated

How much would you miss a finger were it not a digit but time: a century, perhaps, for each— the handful a millennium?

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Proverb

      For surely there is an end—          as sure as there is Spring.

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Fermata

I drank a toast on Christmas Day— a toast to you, my musical bride, and to your life, so grave, if brave; improper it seemed, but also right.

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Strachur Entreaty

Boxing Day, 2002. You lie on the gatehouse chaise adoze by a compact fire that I stoke in your silence. To sleep, perchance to dream…

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Our “18” Days in Scotland

What follows is a more-or-less realtime journal of this month’s travels to Scotland to celebrate our 18th Anniversary. 18 days abroad! Right now we’re on layover at Frankfurt before heading to Aberdeen.

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Dragnet

The story you are about to read is true. The names have not been changed because, well, let’s face it: none of us is exactly what one might call innocent. And why should we need to be?

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Yes, I May Be Completely Crazy

For the last 23 years I’ve been carrying a story in my head that I’ve only verbally related to a handful of people. To be clear: it’s not a story that others particularly need to hear, because there’s not a … Continue reading

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The Great Insurance Panic of 2016

To the elders at Harambee: When you have lived on TPN for 11 years as Jenn has, every year brings new insurance coverage and home-health supplier issues. This year’s transition has been absolutely brutal.

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A Christmas Letter

December 25, 2015 Leavenworth, WA My dearest Wifelet, I write with a divided heart. On the one hand, the Christmas Eve we shared last night was perhaps the most unique and memorable of my life; on the other hand, it … Continue reading

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