A History of Jacke in 100 Objects has proved to be one of the most popular features on the website. Enjoy!
- The Fire Alarm (A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #30) – setting off all kinds of alarms, in all kinds of people
- The Account (A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #29) – looking for shared humanity among the Capitol Hill crowd
- #28 – The Gift – young Jacke finds the perfect gift for Mother’s Day, until things sour…
- #27 – The Cladogram – parenting in a Hobbesian Manhattan
- #26 – The Offering – humans and animals stuck on the cul-de-sac of understanding
- #25 – The Equation – trying to prove the Great Unprovable
- #24 – The Rope – falling up
- #23 – The Passage – a literary genius and a wise professor knock some literature into my head
- #22 – The Sound – two young lovers don’t believe their apartment is haunted…and then they hear a noise…
- #21 – The Speed Trap – a boy, a dad, a grampa, and the long arm of the law
- #20 – The Sign – the consequences of demanding a little more from the Deity
- #19 – My Roommate’s Books – Philosophy welcomes a disciple with ambitions
- #18 – The Monopoly Game Piece – want faith with that?
- #17 – The Shirts and Skins – three small lessons in shame, compliments of two small basketball players and their earnest coach
- #16 – The Laundry – summer job turns into an unexpected (and somewhat tragic) love story
- #15 – The Coffepot – smart kid throws the spelling bee, gets more than he bargained for
- #14 – The Bass Guitar – a Suzuki dad goes electric
- #13 – The Monster – a big surprise emerges from Loch Ness
- Special Interlude – The Artist and the Music Teacher – old friend provides a coda to Object #7
- #12 – The Tickets to the Premiere – taking my talents from Bologna to Broadway
- #11 – The Bench – a day in the Chinese furnace provides an object lesson
- #10 – The Spitwad – a science teacher with zero personality confronts a bully, with an assist from the heavens
- #9 – The Intersection – Hamlet Dad goes to the movies
- #8 – The Burger Car – a father orders burgers with a slice of Proust
- #7 – The Keyboard – a music teacher pushed beyond her limits meets a child with dreams
- #6 – The Mugs – while slicing up life into tenths of an hour, I get a sudden ray of hope
- #5 – The Motorcycle – learning a life lesson from buying a motorcycle in Taiwan and learning to drive one (in that order)
- #4 – The Sweater – a Wisconsin boy moves to the big city and pays a visit to a therapist
- #3 – The Blood Cake – in which I recount my experience sharing an office with Jerry Seinfeld
- #2 – The Spy Drop – a neighborhood war waged by five-year-olds takes a dramatic turn
- #1 – The Padlock – a doomed football coach struggles to survive a winless season
My books The Race and The Promotion are available at Amazon.com (the link is to the author page).
A review of The Race (“warm and full of life”) can be found on mylittlebookblog. I also posted some follow-up thoughts.
Are you a reviewer? Free review copies are available! If you’re interested in posting a review on your blog, or if you’re willing to write a review at Amazon (or anywhere else), just let me know and I’ll ship you a book. And many thanks for helping to get the word out!
Jacke Wilson 
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