Jo PageJul 4, 20216 minA 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 PageApr 21, 20213 minOn Knees for Mercy, Not Necks for MurderThe 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 PageMar 21, 20214 minCall and ResponseIn 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...
Jo PageMar 12, 20213 minCarrots and PotatoesPerhaps because I am—and I believe rightfully---keto diet-phobic, I have been thinking about potatoes a lot these days. I like potatoes....
Jo PageJan 12, 20213 minVirus, Violence, VirulenceDear Capitol Insurrectionists: It isn't lost on me that "virus," "victory" and "violence" all start with "vi." So it occurred to me to...
Jo PageDec 17, 20204 minHanumasSeems 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 PageDec 8, 20203 min'Twas the Noir Before ChristmasMy 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...
Jo PageNov 28, 20203 minA Riot of Petunias27 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...
Jo PageNov 13, 20203 minDays of Our LivesYears 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...
Jo PageOct 23, 20203 minA Fine PickleYou're familiar with those adjective-noun phrases that seem as stuck together as peanut butter and jelly: It's always an "utter"...
Jo PageOct 8, 20203 minLady Weary's CastleYou 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 PageSep 21, 20203 minBack to the Mat for GoodI 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 PageSep 9, 20207 minTag Sale, RepriseHere'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 PageAug 27, 20203 minSee 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 PageAug 9, 20202 minPast PerfectMy poetry teacher when I was an undergrad--she, the ultra-cool Heather McHugh--taught that the key to making your own writing better was...
Jo PageJul 16, 20203 minLa SonnambulaHow'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 PageJul 4, 20203 minStrawberry 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 PageJun 30, 20203 min"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...
Jo PageJun 24, 20207 min"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 PageMay 22, 20203 minPandemic JeopardyIt'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...