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I Cannot Tell July

I exist in fragments. At least that’s what my mind tries to do most of the time.

Posted byJennifer PatinoJuly 1, 2024Posted inpersonalTags:blog, blogging community, life, life update, ojibwe, personal, personal essay, poetry, powwwow, traverse city, update, writing, writing community26 Comments on I Cannot Tell July

“Always the hours…”

“I’ve been working on poetry every chance I get…”

Posted byJennifer PatinoMay 20, 2024Posted inpersonalTags:blog, chronic illness, epilepsy, life, michigan, music, personal, personal essay, poet, poet life, poetry, poetry community, poets, seizures, traverse city, writers, writing, writing community36 Comments on “Always the hours…”

False Spring, Music Writing, & ‘House of Leaves’

I’m still a busy little bee

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 11, 2024Posted inpersonalTags:blog, blogging, book, book discussion, books, false spring, house of leaves, life, music, personal, personal essay, seasons, snow, spring, the jam files, traverse city, weather, writing, writing community15 Comments on False Spring, Music Writing, & ‘House of Leaves’

Goop

“Great. It’s infected.”

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 4, 2024March 4, 2024Posted inmusic, personalTags:blog, blogging, march, michigan, music, music blog, personal, personal essay, spring, the accidentals, the jam files, traverse city, writer, writers, writing, writing community24 Comments on Goop

Rest, Reading, Records

I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again, life is busy when you actually have one.

Posted byJennifer PatinoFebruary 26, 2024Posted inpersonalTags:blog, life, michigan, music, personal, personal essay, reading, traverse city, writing, writing community6 Comments on Rest, Reading, Records

I Finally Saw Thursday in Concert

Allow me to tell you about how I came to fall in love with this band.

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 30, 2024January 30, 2024Posted inmusic, personalTags:band, blog, detroit, downtown detroit, geoff rickly, life, live music, majestic theatre, michigan, personal, thursday, thursday band, writing, writing community16 Comments on I Finally Saw Thursday in Concert

The Jam Files #18 — “Christmas Eve”

End of the Year

Posted byJennifer PatinoDecember 24, 2023Posted inpersonalTags:birding, blog, christmas, december, end of the year, life, personal, personal essay, writers, writing, writing community29 Comments on The Jam Files #18 — “Christmas Eve”

The Jam Files #17 — “The Cute”

“What’s this? She likes cute things? Dark, sad, poet Jenn likes cute things?”

Posted byJennifer PatinoDecember 5, 2023December 5, 2023Posted inpersonalTags:blog, blogging, creativity, life, personal, personal essay, writers, writing, writing community21 Comments on The Jam Files #17 — “The Cute”

The Jam Files #16 — “Taking Notes”

This is the stream of conscious stuff that’s messing up my focus. I have no linear thought. Everything keeps getting jumbled, but this isn’t a complaint.

Posted byJennifer PatinoNovember 13, 2023November 13, 2023Posted inpersonalTags:blog, blogging, life, personal, the jam files, writing, writing community16 Comments on The Jam Files #16 — “Taking Notes”

The Jam Files #12 — “Bound for the Homeland”

Move update

Posted byJennifer PatinoJuly 9, 2023July 9, 2023Posted inpersonalTags:blog, moving, personal, the jam files, update, writing, writing community22 Comments on The Jam Files #12 — “Bound for the Homeland”

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