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    Bookshelf: Yearnings
    Jenny Runkel
    • Jan 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    Bookshelf: Yearnings

    Rabbi Irwin Kula's book Yearnings has been on our bookshelf for approximately forever. I TOTALLY judge a book by its cover and this one...
    History, Teachers, and Titles
    Jenny Runkel
    • May 27, 2020
    • 10 min

    History, Teachers, and Titles

    Pretty much every good thing I know about writing I learned by writing for one man, in one class. He absolutely changed the course of my...
    Defying Gravity
    Jenny Runkel
    • Apr 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    Defying Gravity

    I have spent a few days distancing myself from social media. It’s been revelatory, to say the least. Here are the things I’m learning...
    Ramona Forever
    Jenny Runkel
    • Mar 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    Ramona Forever

    This week has been one of the hardest weeks of our collective lives. So much uncertainty, so much restlessness, so little to do. And...
    Cookie Monster
    Jenny Runkel
    • Mar 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Cookie Monster

    I'm convinced that social media is the chocolate chip cookie of connection. Once I start, I stop only with great difficulty and I always...
    A Poet's Call
    Jenny Runkel
    • Mar 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    A Poet's Call

    I spent almost half of my life teaching high school English. I retired last year and up until about a week ago, when people asked me if I...
    Back in Time
    Jenny Runkel
    • Mar 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Back in Time

    Parents, I’m here with a message from the future. One day, sooner than you can possibly imagine, your child will have lives of their own...
    Write Now
    Jenny Runkel
    • Mar 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    Write Now

    If your household is anything like mine, you are having some pretty serious conversations and concerns over the state of affairs we are...
    The Magic Soup
    Jenny Runkel
    • Feb 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Magic Soup

    I spent years in the classroom helping students appreciate the creative fruits of artists and express themselves with clarity and...
    The BS of “Bloom Where You’re Planted”
    Jenny Runkel
    • Feb 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    The BS of “Bloom Where You’re Planted”

    For Mother’s Day several years ago, my children bought me two small fig trees. It was an amazingly sweet gesture. It wasn’t a secret that...
    The Cutest Boy in the Neighborhood
    Jenny Runkel
    • Jan 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Cutest Boy in the Neighborhood

    My dad worked his way up the ranks of a petroleum company in the oil boom of the 1970s and 80s by selling “mud”, the fluid used in...
    Because Sharing Your Story Matters
    Jenny Runkel
    • Dec 20, 2019
    • 6 min

    Because Sharing Your Story Matters

    On the way to the vet yesterday, Bentley the wondernugget and I hit shuffle and Vampire Weekend’s “Harmony Hall” came on. “…Now we find...
    Do It Now.
    Jenny Runkel
    • Dec 8, 2019
    • 2 min

    Do It Now.

    Paul McCartney is one of several people who just inspire the hell out of me. He is not only musically brilliant, but he's so freaking...
    Writing Tip Wednesday: Own your story...all of it
    Jenny Runkel
    • Nov 20, 2019
    • 2 min

    Writing Tip Wednesday: Own your story...all of it

    More often than you might think, I work with students who feel ashamed of something on their transcript or school record. This may be a...
    Social Media is a Mean Girl
    Jenny Runkel
    • Nov 17, 2019
    • 4 min

    Social Media is a Mean Girl

    You either knew the mean girl in middle school or you were her. Unfortunate, but true. Everyone, even her closest friends found...
    "So....What Should I Write About?"
    Jenny Runkel
    • Nov 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    "So....What Should I Write About?"

    It’s the question I get from many of my high school students as they face the personal essay and the pressure that accompanies it. That...
    What Google Maps and Your Essay Have in Common
    Jenny Runkel
    • Nov 4, 2019
    • 2 min

    What Google Maps and Your Essay Have in Common

    Google Maps is a modern miracle in the palm of your hand. Except for when you’re walking in the heart of a city and you’re in a hurry....
    Rememborating and other made-up things
    Jenny Runkel
    • Aug 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    Rememborating and other made-up things

    Summer in Lafayette, La. 1978. I was 6 and 3/4 years old. My friends had Kiss lunch boxes and Grease records. I was allowed neither. In...

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