Jean Tatro, Writer

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Berry-picking on the Matanuska

Jean | August 23, 2010

Summer sun after a month of rain red, berry blood, stains hands and lips they taste of the river, and of the mountain, and when I am too greedy they tumble from my fingers, bright rubies lost to tall grass. When the clouds finally broke this week the sun that shone through was not the [...]

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Off and On Track + Ponyo

Jean | September 14, 2009

The last four weeks have been a perfect example of how my life gets thrown off track by housesitting. First I went housesitting two different places for a week, then immediately went to the writing workshop. The next week I was sick enough to feel ill, but not sick enough to get out of anything. [...]

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Weekends That Hit Reset

Jean | August 21, 2009

Summer might be finally winding down, with the average temperature back under 80, but life certainly isn’t getting saner. One thing I think I definitely need to work on in the future is how housesitting and dog shows knock me on my ass and put all my projects back at zero. My last two weekends, [...]

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