• , Essays

Essays: on writing, parenting & more

Disclosure: This page may contain affiliate links, meaning if you decide to make a purchase through one of these links, I may make a small commission (at no additional cost to you), which I will donate to literary organizations in Boston. Thanks!

, Essays

Taking it on The Road (part three) Mother / Daughter #vanlife

0 Comments
/
This essay was originally published on Medium.com  A week after selling our home of twenty years, the house in which we raised a family (and collected generations worth of bric-a-brac), I exercised my first expression of freedom — three weeks in the Pacific Northwest with our…
Read more
By Jeanne|
, Essays

Returning East: Road Trip as Art Across America

0 Comments
/
This essay was originally published on Medium.com under the title "Returning East: Lessons Learned on a Pandemic Road Trip." Whereas our trek West as our road trip began in January had been motivated by the urgent need to arrive, our return trip was intentionally drawn out, our desire…
Read more
By jbadmin|
, Essays

Our Road Trip and Tips for Yours

0 Comments
/
This essay originally appeared on Medium.com.  After reading my recent essay about “The Value of a Grown-up Gap Year” in Moms Don't Have Time to Write, many people asked, “But, won’t you tell me where you actually went on this road trip?” And even as I nodded, “yes,”…
Read more
By jbadmin|
, Essays

The Value of a Grown-Up Gap Year

0 Comments
/
This essay was originally published in the Travel section of Moms Don't Have Time To as "The Value of a Grown-Up Gap Year." I was skiing my way onto a chairlift at the Crested Butte ski resort in Colorado when a fellow masked and ‘single’ rider asked if he could join me. After…
Read more
By jbadmin|
, Essays

A Quest for Quiet and the Ability to Live in it

0 Comments
/
This essay was originally published on Medium.com. My husband and I are on a road trip this winter. With freedom heralded in by an empty nest and working from home, we loaded the car on New Year’s Day and began driving west. We’re keeping to ourselves, preparing and eating our…
Read more
By jbadmin|
, Essays

New Year’s Books and Wishes

0 Comments
/
Welcome 2021! I know the trouble isn’t over and life will never be the same, but I am so glad to turn the page on the calendar. I greet the New Year, not with bubbly champagne at midnight, dressed in heels or a fancy dress, music playing in the background, but on this bright morning…
Read more
By jbadmin|
, Essays

The Nine

ORDER NOW

, Essays

Eden

ORDER NOW