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Ojibwe Prayer + Update

These days when breath is hard, when new pains & new ailments nearly overtake me, I’m finding it easier to pray through it.

Posted byJennifer PatinoOctober 16, 2022Posted inpersonalTags:chronic illness, chronic pain, health, margaret noodin, ojibwe, ojibwemowin, pancreatitis, personal, personal update, prayer, update32 Comments on Ojibwe Prayer + Update

The Jam Files #8 : A Little Life Update

When too many bad days in a row occur, I start to wonder if this is just how it’s going to be from now on.

Posted byJennifer PatinoNovember 20, 2021Posted inpersonalTags:blog, chronic illness, chronic pain, health, personal, the jam files, update28 Comments on The Jam Files #8 : A Little Life Update

The Jam Files #3 — From the Fringes

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

Posted byJennifer PatinoMarch 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 PatinoJanuary 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

New Published Works Page

Blog Update!

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 4, 2021Posted inFlash Fiction, poetry, ProseTags:blog, Flash Fiction, poetry, published works, publishing, update

The End of 2020 + Announcement

It’s the last day of 2020.

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

Happy Halloween!

Update + a Spooky Poem

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

#OctPoWriMo Prep

Instead of this graveyard of drafts I’m accumulating, I can go and tend to them, nourish the garden of my hard work, and revive them into newness.

Posted byJennifer PatinoSeptember 30, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:october, octpowrimo, personal, poem, poetry, poetry community, poets, update, writers, writing, writing community3 Comments on #OctPoWriMo Prep

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