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The Jam Files #3 — From the Fringes

We’ve been running on fumes the past couple of days.

Posted byJennifer NealMarch 9, 2021Posted inpersonal, ProseTags:amwriting, blogging, health, journal, march, personal, poetry, poetry community, the jam files, update, writing, writing community17 Comments on The Jam Files #3 — From the Fringes

I Really Can’t Function Without Him: Life Update + Poem

My poor husband is in the hospital…

Posted byJennifer NealJanuary 30, 2021Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:blog, chronic illness, chronic pain, health, january, las vegas, life, marriage, mental health, personal, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, snow, update, writer, writers, writing, writing community27 Comments on I Really Can’t Function Without Him: Life Update + Poem

The End of 2020 + Announcement

It’s the last day of 2020.

Posted byJennifer NealDecember 31, 2020Posted inpersonalTags:2020, 2021, blog, new year, personal, poetry, publishing, the chamber magazine, update

Happy Halloween!

Update + a Spooky Poem

Posted byJennifer NealOctober 31, 2020Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:family, halloween, happy halloween, nightmare, personal, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poets, spooky, update, writers, writing, writing community

I Gotta Take a Break

on hiatus

Posted byJennifer NealOctober 23, 2020October 23, 2020Posted inpersonalTags:octpowrimo, personal, poetry community, writing community2 Comments on I Gotta Take a Break

Time Between Waves

There is time between waves of excruciating pain where I’m relaxed, even peaceful, because the waves have just turned into trickles and it’s more manageable.

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 26, 2020Posted inpersonalTags:anxiety, blog, break, chronic illness, chronic pain, pandemic, personal, update

An Update from the Sickbed + Poems

The end of summer is making sure I feel it.

Posted byJennifer NealSeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020Posted inpersonal, poetry, ProseTags:an angel at my table, blog, chronic illness, chronic pain, film, janet frame, little women, personal, poems, poetry, poetry community, poets, writers, writing, writing community7 Comments on An Update from the Sickbed + Poems

We’re Learning That Time Is Making Us Miserable

Why keep ourselves so constricted to something as meaningless as a clock right now?

Posted byJennifer NealMay 4, 2020Posted inpersonalTags:blog, coronavirus, covid19, pandemic, personal, schedule, time, writers, writing, writing community

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