Category Archives: Family

A Morning By the Window

Posted on February 2, 2025 by TheJessicaness

The sky is one smooth color of blinding-white grey. The water has the slightest ripples, giving the trees and buildings reflected on its surface a blurry image. The muddy grass at the water’s edge has been topped with sand-colored gravel … Continue reading →

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100+ Things That Made 2024

Posted on December 30, 2024 by TheJessicaness

1. Watching Zeus, a golden doodle, for the holiday week2. Finding a half-done cross-stitch tree for me to finish3. Remembering to do my Q&A books since we forgot last year4. Dad calling to reminisce about a trip we took and … Continue reading →

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As Requested… a one-month update

Posted on October 23, 2024 by TheJessicaness

freeze-dried: grapes, kiwi, avocado, onion, carrot I’ve been keeping some notes on the process, but I feel like there is so much I’m leaving out, not on purpose but because I get into the ’empty trays, clean them, buy more … Continue reading →

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In Florida for 4.5 or 5.75 Months

Posted on October 10, 2024 by TheJessicaness

I wrote about our 2023 December trip to the Tampa area. We came back for nine days in March to find a place to live within a one-hour commute from Caleb’s transitional position into the civilian sector at Cummins Inc. … Continue reading →

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All About the Food

Posted on December 22, 2023 by TheJessicaness

I put my feet out of the blankets so that the cold will help the itch of my bug-bitten swollen ankles, scratch them on the top sheet for a bit, then tuck them back in. I’ll wake at 430 after … Continue reading →

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