Essays

The Day I Stop Wanting to Look Out Over Open Water

It begins like any other, blinding under a cool sun | From the Archive

Feb 21 •

Jeannine Ouellette

🧵 Thursday Thread: Has a small decision ever changed your life?

Annie Dillard said, "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." But often don't see till later how small choices--made once or…

Feb 20 •

Jeannine Ouellette

I Love Broken Things (Like Me)

Week SIX | For the Joy & the Sorrow | And I say, "holy, holy"

Feb 19 •

Jeannine Ouellette

Jan. 17: Write-In

Writing can be lonely. But it doesn’t always have to be. Come write with us.

Feb 17 •

Jeannine Ouellette

Write With Me In Person!

Writing in the Dark Comes to Life At Beautiful, One-Of-A-Kind Camp Wandawega, August 18-22

Feb 17 •

Jeannine Ouellette

Writing in the Dark | The CAMP

Registration opens Monday, February 17, 6 AM Central Time

Feb 14 •

Jeannine Ouellette

🧵 | Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the…

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, so let's talk about love, big love, little love, old love, new love, and especially, what love can do for us now

Feb 13 •

Jeannine Ouellette

Let It Be A Firefly, Let It Be A Bug

Week FIVE | For the Joy & the Sorrow | Look Outside, Look Inside

Feb 12 •

Jeannine Ouellette

We Create, Therefore We Endure

I see you. I am with you. Let’s make something beautiful, even now.

Feb 10 •

Jeannine Ouellette

Joy Is Such A Human Madness

Week FOUR| For the Joy & the Sorrow | A thing we already know, hidden in plaIn sight

Feb 5 •

Jeannine Ouellette

Never Late, Always Enough

I shared this on Notes back in the fall, and am feeling like some of us could stand to hear it now. ❤️

Feb 4 •

Jeannine Ouellette

A Long-Ago Lesson in Letting Go

When I was nine years old, I took my first paid job delivering unwanted, unread newsprint shoppers to all of the houses in Meadowlark Hills, the…

Feb 3 •

Jeannine Ouellette

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