Janis Jaquith
- Location
- Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Birthday
- July 26
- Bio
- Janis Jaquith's commentaries have been broadcast on the public-radio show "Marketplace" as well as NPR's "Day to Day." She has been a regular radio essayist for public-radio station WVTF in Roanoke, Virginia since 1997. She is a columnist for Charlottesville's newsweekly, "The Hook," and author of "Birdseed Cookies: A Fractured Memoir," a collection of her radio essays. Blogger Waldo Jaquith is her son.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Silly Putty Lust: A Cautionary
Tale
December 03, 2008 10:36AM - What heartbreak feels like
November 25, 2008 09:50PM - A virtual undertaking: I
conjure the dead on my iMac
November 21, 2008 02:46PM - Thanksgiving in Paris
(...there's no place like
home...)
November 19, 2008 10:20PM - Can cancer induce joy? Worked
for me.
November 19, 2008 09:58PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “This is not about
safety: It's about the US
government
saving
face.
If they
were…”
November 24, 2010 10:25PM - “Amazing, isn't it, that
our sharpest memories of
Christmas
are about what we
DIDN…”
August 02, 2009 08:33PM - “My granddaughter was
watching "Christmas Eve on
Sesame
Street"
today.…”
November 27, 2008 11:06PM - “I spent the summer of
1973 in Greece -- that's when
they had
a coup d'etat and
we…”
November 23, 2008 07:30PM - “Redstocking Grandma - I
hope our progeny appreciate
the work
we put into
these…”
November 22, 2008 09:30PM
Janis Jaquith's Links
Silly Putty Lust: A Cautionary Tale
There's a scene in Miracle on 34th Street where Natalie Wood is feeling glum because Santa Claus didn't bring her what she really wanted: a house.
On the way to visit Mr. Kringle in the old-folks home for Christmas dinner, Natalie's looking out the car window when she… Read full post »
What heartbreak feels like
This is what heartbreak feels like. Surely, everyone has experienced heartbreak. But, for those of you who have not felt this way,… Read full post »
This is a huge undertaking, and I am obsessed with it. I've gathered a few hundred photos, and I'm putting them all on a DVD: creating a display for my family -- a reason to gather, tell stories, and remember.
I'm scanning these family photographs, feeding them into
“I’m going to hang up now, so I can scream.” Still clutching the receiver, I sank to the kitchen floor and let out a howl. A nurse had just relayed my biopsy results.
Although I hope that you, gentle reader, never require a biopsy and never have
… Read full post »
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