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Thoughts on nature
After lunch on the third day of my fourth silent retreat, at Spirit Rock, in the San Geronimo Valley of Western Marin in Northern California, I sat in a…
Oct 14
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Jessica James
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August 2025
Thoughts on our stories
On Saturday, for the first time in my life, someone accused me of being a scammer.
Aug 5
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Jessica James
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March 2025
Thoughts on the pandemic
For the first few weeks, I dreaded the dusk.
Mar 13
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Jessica James
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February 2025
Thoughts on building a fire
In early December I went to Montauk with my best friends, to celebrate a birthday.
Feb 25
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Jessica James
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January 2025
Thoughts on the party before the end
I got norovirus two days before Trumps’s second inauguration.
Jan 20
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Jessica James
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November 2024
Thoughts on the Trump years
You were a young mother when he was elected.
Nov 5, 2024
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Jessica James
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June 2024
Thoughts on elections: part two
Today when my neighbors in Maplewood’s 8th district go to vote, they’ll see my name on the ballot.
Jun 4, 2024
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Jessica James
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December 2023
Thoughts on our children
I was driving one evening near my apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn when I came to a stop sign.
Dec 31, 2023
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Jessica James
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August 2023
Thoughts on what I've learned
When I was 27 years old I was invited to an annual convening called Authentic Leadership in Action, led by the friends and followers of Chogyam Trungpa…
Aug 31, 2023
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Jessica James
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April 2023
Thoughts on the elevator
The only words I spoke during the weeklong silent retreat I attended in March were to Wendy C., the woman who read my Akashic Records. Sitting across an…
Apr 27, 2023
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Jessica James
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November 2022
Thoughts on elections: part one
When I was 24 years old, a few months before I got married in a courthouse in Norwalk, CA, I was working my first post-grad school job as a grant writer…
Nov 1, 2022
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Jessica James
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June 2022
Thoughts on the goddesses
I was going to write a newsletter titled “Thoughts on ‘are we ok’?” but it would have just been one word -
Jun 21, 2022
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Jessica James
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