Jennifer Howard

Jennifer Howard

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February newsletter: Purple, green, and gold

February 21, 2023

Happy Mardi Gras, friends! Wherever you are, I hope the good times are rolling wherever you are. It’s a slow roll around here this year. My COVID luck finally ran out. The virus found me at last. Yesterday I felt like I’d been kicked in the head; today my battery’s at about 5 percent, and… Continue reading »

January newsletter: Making space

January 20, 2023

[Hi, readers! As of this month, I’m posting the full text of my newsletters here as well as on Substack. It’s free, and it’s the best way to keep up with me, with posts sent right to your inbox. Sign up now.] Welcome to mid-January, that time of year when fresh resolutions begin to buckle… Continue reading »

How to survive the empty nest

August 26, 2022

We moved our youngest kid into his first-year college dorm this past weekend, and I wrote myself a starter survival guide.

May newsletter is out

May 12, 2022

Dead Letter Office: In the latest installment of my newsletter I embrace personal archival irresponsibility. (TL:DR: You don’t need to save all your old letters. In fact you might be happier throwing at least some of them out.)  

Newsletter alert!

April 17, 2022

What I’ve been up to lately, plus a photo of some amazing double-cherry blossoms from Congressional Cemetery, one of my favorite neighborhood haunts. Happy spring!  

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