A red dress
A red dress hangs in front of the window “Hi, Sorry I’m late!” She slips in the back door. She’s HOME! Tears of relief, sobbing laughter...
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jenniferswallace
Apr 18, 20231 min
Many forms
I am also an art teacher. When I told my students that their assignment was to create a sculpture with foil paper, masking tape and then...
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jenniferswallace
Jan 11, 20231 min
Change
Check out the article I wrote for Sister Triangle. I love this organization and the space it creates for women.
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jenniferswallace
Jan 1, 20232 min
Madiba...Nelson Mandela and Miss G and Me?
I walked into Indigo to cash in some gift cards and near the front entrance I saw Miss G and Me in the Diversity section. This was...
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jenniferswallace
Nov 1, 20222 min
Happy (BitterSweet) 16th Gordon
Every year on the day of his birth, I write a letter for our firstborn Gordon. Pastel drawing by Robin Adair, illustrator of When He...
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jenniferswallace
Oct 5, 20221 min
Book Spine Poetry
I did one of these awhile ago. I might get hooked on this style of poetry. Hello My Name Is Firekeeper's Daughter Sister of My Heart...
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jenniferswallace
Oct 5, 20221 min
Truth and Reconciliation
It is one day. Sept 30th. But in Canada, Truth and Reconciliation needs to be in our minds and actions every day. But what can I do?...
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jenniferswallace
May 25, 20222 min
Rough winds
“Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,” Sometimes there is a loss for words. Sometimes there is just loss. We need kindness in...
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jenniferswallace
Apr 18, 20221 min
Recovering Racists by Idelette McVicker
Look what just arrived in the mail. I am looking forward to reading this. I may have to read it in chunks. From the back cover: "As a...
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jenniferswallace
Apr 18, 20222 min
Springtime ~ Life after death
“Springtime is coming, happiness is here,” is a loose translation of a framed message we received as a gift when we had a student staying...
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jenniferswallace
Apr 18, 20221 min
Noise
Noise Hemmed in by a semi and a pick-up truck Flags waving, horns blaring Hanging out their windows I felt momentarily squeezed in by...
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jenniferswallace
Apr 18, 20221 min
Looking back to go forward
Last year in 2021, 215 little ones were found not far beneath the ground by the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation. Ground penetrating...
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jenniferswallace
Apr 18, 20221 min
July 1st 2021
In the Bible there is a book called Lamentions. The author was crying out for God's justice, acknowledging and weeping for what was wrong...
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jenniferswallace
Apr 18, 20221 min
Thoughts.
I had a blog a while ago...back when I was newly married and then when my babies were being born. I stopped after my third baby. I think...
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jenniferswallace
Mar 8, 20221 min
International Women's Day
I have so many women who have lifted me up and supported me; the first one to do this in my life was and is my mom. She inspires me to...
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