by jo | Jan 1, 2019 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
I started 2018 on too cold of a morning, as all Wichitans did. It was so cold that my truck wouldn’t start. My truck had started having issues on Christmas day. I’d since replaced the battery, flushed the oil, then changed the oil. It was working — ish. Then came New...
by jo | Nov 4, 2018 | Everyday Stories, Grief
A month ago I shared a post on social media that read: Some of you have asked how I am after this. About how I feel about how the meeting went. This is how I am. This is how I feel: Lighter Sadder Lighter than I’ve been in since childhood. Sadder than I expected I...
by jo | May 15, 2017 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays, People I meet
Two Things: One: Because Today is Mother’s Day When I was young, my mom was in her forties. She was on the older end of moms in terms of my peers, and I liked to give her a hard time about it. One time when I was a kid, I was razzing her about being in her forties,...
by jo | Aug 8, 2016 | Everyday Stories, Jos __ before __ Birthday lists
Life is still pretty crazy busy, so the blog is still on haitus. However, My birthday has come and gone again which means it’s time for a new goals list for the year. I give you #Jos28before28: TO READ: 1. Little Women 2. Something by Faulkner 3. Harry Potter 2...
by jo | May 31, 2016 | Everyday Stories
Due to a busy season of work and life and puppy dogs and flooding basements and all the things that real life brings, I’m putting the blog on hold for the time being. It might be a month. It might be for the whole summer. But, I will be back as soon as things...
by jo | May 17, 2016 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
Roommate Series #7: Jenna Jan-May 2009 Roommate award: Sweetest and Best Baker The first thing I noticed was a jar of buttons sitting on the desk atop a doily. I’d just arrived to my new school in Switzerland where I’d be studying abroad for the...