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A Fourth for All
--Jo Page St. John's-on-Sand Creek, Albany, New York 4 July 2021 When President Obama was elected for his first term, all the females in...
Jo Page
Jul 4, 20216 min read
On Knees for Mercy, Not Necks for Murder
The first hymn I have sung in over a year was “We Shall Overcome” at an outdoor gathering in front of an African Episcopal Methodist...
Jo Page
Apr 21, 20213 min read
Call and Response
In 1999, I had just accepted a call to Grace Lutheran Church in a suburb of the capital region of New York. Before starting my call...
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Mar 21, 20214 min read
Carrots and Potatoes
Perhaps because I am—and I believe rightfully---keto diet-phobic, I have been thinking about potatoes a lot these days. I like potatoes....
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Mar 12, 20213 min read
Virus, Violence, Virulence
Dear Capitol Insurrectionists: It isn't lost on me that "virus," "victory" and "violence" all start with "vi." So it occurred to me to...
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Jan 12, 20213 min read
Hanumas
Seems a very fortuitous time for something from 2016--the song at the end is a gem: Hanumas. No, it’s not a yoga asana. Or the name of a...
Jo Page
Dec 17, 20204 min read
'Twas the Noir Before Christmas
My Inner Misanthrope cringes at the cuteness of holiday movies and for that I am truly sorry. I make up for it by weeping through my...
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Dec 8, 20203 min read
A Riot of Petunias
27 November 2020 So today’s topic is beauty--not of the “Ding-dong, Avon calling” kind--though I did get a kick out of googling their...
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Nov 28, 20203 min read
Days of Our Lives
Years ago, when I was as green as baby kale, I worked for a small, feisty and effective arts organization. My boss was a Daytimer day...
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Nov 13, 20203 min read
A Fine Pickle
You're familiar with those adjective-noun phrases that seem as stuck together as peanut butter and jelly: It's always an "utter"...
Jo Page
Oct 23, 20203 min read
Lady Weary's Castle
You know what I'm talking about. You do. It's the "Today I get my stuff done. I keep it normal even if it is only normal-ish. I call a...
Jo Page
Oct 8, 20203 min read
Back to the Mat for Good
I am writing this column days before I am due to file it with my editor. That's unusual. And also--who knows what fresh hell may come...
Jo Page
Sep 21, 20203 min read
Tag Sale, Reprise
Here's a tale worth re-telling. And here's the setting for the tale: Three years ago I was selling my house after a disturbing marriage...
Jo Page
Sep 9, 20207 min read
See You in September?.....Not.
For the past two summers and not quite by design, I have taken vacations by myself. It's not awful, but I decided that for summer 2020 I...
Jo Page
Aug 27, 20203 min read
Past Perfect
My poetry teacher when I was an undergrad--she, the ultra-cool Heather McHugh--taught that the key to making your own writing better was...
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Aug 9, 20202 min read
La Sonnambula
How's your sleep these days? Are you sleeping like a baby or a log? Are you getting enough beauty rest, enough shut eye? Are you sleeping...
Jo Page
Jul 16, 20203 min read
Strawberry Fields. Maybe Never.
I am an ordained pastor in the whitest denomination in the United States that was founded by a medieval church renegade whose...
Jo Page
Jul 4, 20203 min read
"To Be a Virginian..."
When I was in graduate school in Charlottesville, Virginia, I was the only white woman on the bus from my apartment to the...
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Jun 30, 20203 min read
"I dwell in Possibility--a fairer House than Prose"
(The title is thanks to Emily Dickinson's essential and wondrous poem.) A few months before my last trip to France a couple of years ago,...
Jo Page
Jun 24, 20207 min read
Pandemic Jeopardy
It's Pandemic Jeopardy! And since we don't have any Jeopardy buzzers to press or enough PPE, I'll just list the answer and you can write...
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May 22, 20203 min read
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