Writing – Page 23 – Jacke Wilson

January 9, 2015

It’s The Jacke Wilson Show! Life’s Unanswerable Questions (Episode 2.1)

ONE…ONE ONE…ONE ONE… IT’S THE JACKE WILSON SHOW!!!!! Season Two! We’re off to a GREAT start with the new Jacke Wilson Show season. New producer, new studio…and a much more professional sheen. In episode 2.1 we cover Life’s Unanswerable Questions, as contributed by you, the listeners. Hope you enjoy the show! You can stream the… Continue reading

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January 6, 2015

The Account (A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #29)

And during those drifting years, when the peaks were low and the valleys were deep, my futility found a particular nadir during my stint on Capitol Hill, where I briefly worked for a United States Senator. I believed in government in those days, and in politicians, and in myself and other young people, and—well, you’ve… Continue reading

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January 5, 2015

Embrace Your Inner Beatle! Long, Long, Long by George Harrison

EXPLORING THE TAO TE BEATLES As with your consultations of the I Ching, trust the gods to select the song to serve as the basis for your creative contemplation. Close eyes. Breathe deep. Open eyes. Work out elaborate system to guarantee randomness that is harder than hell to actually get right. Fill Post-Its with numbers. Throw out. Try… Continue reading

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December 29, 2014

The Gift (A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #28)

I was riding in a car to my grandma’s house with my father and sister when we stopped off at the dime store. It was Mother’s Day and my dad was buying flowers for my mom. Can there be a better place in the world for a kid than a dime store? Comic books, candy… Continue reading

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December 25, 2014

Melancholy Christmas… what to do when it’s almost over

Dear Readers, Oh, it’s been a good Christmas season here on the Jacke blog, although I’ve been struck by how much sadness, longing, and ache there is out there. Let’s call it the human, grown-up side of Christmas. The kids have their joy and excitement; the adults watch them bouncing around with their new presents… Continue reading

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December 24, 2014

Christmas Is a Time to Read-Joyce: The Dead

[Note: It’s here! Christmas Eve! And we’ve been running our own version of an advent calendar here on the Jacke Blog: reading one Dubliners story per day until today, when we reach “The Dead,” one of the most celebrated works in all literature. So cozy up to the fireplace, but on a little scratchy old… Continue reading

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December 23, 2014

Christmas Is a Time to Read-Joyce: Grace

[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to “The Dead” on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to join us!] GRACE TWO GENTLEMEN who were in the lavatory at the time… Continue reading

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December 22, 2014

A Christmas Full of Longing and Ache

Friend of the blog georgetteann has a lovely post on Christmas music over at her site, A Walk on the Bright Side: As my mind drifted away from the conversation at our table and focused on the music, I began to notice I knew almost every song in his repertoire by heart. Some songs were… Continue reading

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December 22, 2014

Christmas Is a Time to Read-Joyce: A Mother

[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to “The Dead” on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to join us!] A MOTHER MR HOLOHAN, assistant secretary of the Eire Abu Society,… Continue reading

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December 21, 2014

It’s The Jacke Wilson Show! Episode 6 – A Boy Named Johnnie

ONE…ONE ONE…ONE ONE… IT’S THE JACKE WILSON SHOW!!!!! Holiday episode! Jacke surrenders to some seasonal melancholy and shares a story of his Grampa Johnnie, a Hungarian-American boy growing up in early-twentieth-century Wisconsin, where the forests were thick, the rivers were deep and fast, and life was rougher around the edges. Hope you enjoy the show!… Continue reading

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