by Jackie | Around NYC, The One With
A few days ago, a friend and I went to the US Open in Flushing, Queens. It’s one of the four major tennis tournaments (aka Grand Slams) held each year. The world’s top players compete in increasingly difficult matches until the final determines the...
by Jackie | The One With, Work 'n Such
par*ty cap*tain |pärtē kaptən|(n) the individual in command of a social gathering of children, typically involving cake, mini-golf and silly string, as in: Did you see that little boy hit the party captain with his golf club? It takes a certain kind of person to be a...
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With
There was a monk — a splendid sort; I saw that his sleeves were edged at the cuff with gray fur, and that the finest in the land; and to fasten his hood under his chin he had a very intricate pin made of gold; there was a love knot in the bigger end. His head...
by Jackie | Animal Instinct, The One With
This week, MamaKat suggested a writing prompt to select a photo from your archive at random and post your thoughts about it. I threw a virtual dart at my digital album and landed on this gem: The credit for these lovely photos goes to my intrepid travel friend, R....
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With
Dr. Temple Grandin thinks in pictures. She was diagnosed with autism as a child and, for many years, assumed everyone processed thoughts this way. “Words are like a second language to me. I translate both spoken and written words into full-color movies, complete...
