by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With, Writing Life
I’d like to preface the introduction to my newest short story by saying that I have no hands-on experience with grave robbing.
by Jackie | Around NYC, The One With
Some neighborhoods decorate for Christmas with twinkly lights and charming wreaths. Not mine. But Halloween? Hold onto your goblins. The spookier, the better. It’s like the Monsters, Inc. motto: We scare because we care. Let’s take a walk around my...
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With
Let’s take back the word entitlement and use it for good.
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With
I visited Acadia National Park in Maine. I hiked. I biked. I nearly lost a finger to a snapping turtle.
by Jackie | Life Happens, The One With
Ten years ago tomorrow marks the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast. A few months ago, I visited New Orleans for the first time in 25 years. The city has mounted an amazing comeback—with good humor and resiliency, creativity and spirit....
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With, Work 'n Such
A co-worker and I were chatting near the water cooler about what we’d done over the weekend. Me: Then I looked out my apartment window and saw a kestrel perched on a building across the courtyard. Did you know these birds can hover over their prey in mid-air?...