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Time For Change (Addendum)

“…see you on the other side, my friend…”

Posted byJennifer NealJuly 9, 2025Posted inmusic, personalTags:friendship, grief, life, rip, writing14 Comments on Time For Change (Addendum)

Time For Change

This brings me to an announcement…

Posted byJennifer NealJuly 9, 2025Posted inpersonalTags:chronic illness, chronic pain, epilepsy, health, life, personal, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, polycystic kidney disease, substack, update, writer, writers, writing, writing community20 Comments on Time For Change

I Can Almost Say I Survived This Summer

I’m ready for cold weather, crisp leaves, & cleansing snowfall.

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 1, 2024September 1, 2024Posted inpersonalTags:autumn, books, film, life, life update, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, september, update, writer, writers, writing, writing community19 Comments on I Can Almost Say I Survived This Summer

I Cannot Tell July

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

Posted byJennifer NealJuly 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 NealMay 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 NealMarch 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’

Rest, Reading, Records

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

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

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