"Often in life, joy comes from surprising places..." As a warning, this is a trivial and shallow topic, but when I started this Blog, I promised I wouldn't limit myself in my writing. I have long told my students that in order to write well, you must write what you know. Here is what I know: often in life, joy comes from surprising places. One such place for me was Starbucks. This company is not simply a 38,000-store coffee conglomerate, but also a former employer of mine. I

"No winter lasts forever..." Art is a difficult thing to summon. When I began this blog, I set out with the intention to write weekly....

"Because for some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on Earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat,...

"We didn't mean to unleash the greatest evil the world has ever known. But we're going to fix it." - Edgin Darvis Among the many ways we...

by Jennifer Ellison "Thank you... for NOT! giving up on me..." I can recall a particular visit to the dentist last year. I sat in the...

by Jennifer Ellison I have always admired individuals with a green thumb. Years ago, my husband's grandfather passed, and my colleagues...

by Jennifer Ellison Fall in Texas What is it about this season, as the year winds down, that makes me feel so renewed? I think that...

by Jennifer Ellison ...this season of my life is about reclamation. I can recall my first peek behind the curtain of writing as a craft....