Jean Ellen sees even trivial circumstances as a sign of hope, without seeming unrealistically Pollyanna or saccharine, and she does this all while maintaining her very real, very human voice.
Jean Ellen sees even trivial circumstances as a sign of hope, without seeming unrealistically Pollyanna or saccharine, and she does this all while maintaining her very real, very human voice.
It was the lingering afterglow of a journalistic inquiry that had yielded open-hearted stories from ten people on a train — ten people whom I’d randomly chosen to interview on a long ride from St. Louis to Albuquerque and back again. I wanted to check in with somebody else — anybody else, to find out how people were feeling about their lives, their families, their jobs, their future, and the future of our nation in the summer of 2017.
Her paw print arrived today. Bastards. Just about the time I could get through three hours at a time without crying; just about the time I no longer bowed in reverence to the sacred places … [Read More...]
We called him Jack, Jack the party crasher. As things would turn out, that wasn’t really his name, but it seemed to fit. Jack, sauntering in to a Christmas party in full swing and hopping up on my … [Read More...]
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