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...
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Jo Page
- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Mar 21, 2021
- 4 min
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...
Jo Page
- Mar 12, 2021
- 3 min
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....
Jo Page
- Jan 12, 2021
- 3 min
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...
Jo Page
- Dec 17, 2020
- 4 min
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 8, 2020
- 3 min
'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...
Jo Page
- Nov 28, 2020
- 3 min
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...
Jo Page
- Nov 13, 2020
- 3 min
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...
Jo Page
- Oct 23, 2020
- 3 min
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 8, 2020
- 3 min
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
- Sep 21, 2020
- 3 min
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 9, 2020
- 7 min
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
- Aug 27, 2020
- 3 min
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 9, 2020
- 2 min
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...
Jo Page
- Jul 16, 2020
- 3 min
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 4, 2020
- 3 min
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
- Jun 30, 2020
- 3 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 Page
- Jun 24, 2020
- 7 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 Page
- May 22, 2020
- 3 min
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...