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Jennifer Z. Major
Dec 3, 20193 min read
Side gig: playing with a finely chopped tree.
(Narrator's voice over...we now return to Jennifer's efforts to turn a piece of poorly maintained furniture into a thing of beauty...) To...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Nov 4, 20193 min read
Vertigo.
Two weeks and one day ago, on a stunning, sunny Sunday, I was outside, wrestling an antique oak hutch, and having a blast with my sander,...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Oct 20, 20192 min read
Anyone hungry?? How about some gluten free carrot cake with cream cheese icing!!
Sometimes, when life gets busy, I don't feel like writing a deep and meaningful blogpost. In those moments, and hours, mostly I just want...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Sep 30, 20193 min read
Something new under the sun.
Anyone who's been reading here for any length of time knows a few things... 1) I use 19 point Enriqueta font. 2) I love the Southwest. 3I...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Sep 8, 20194 min read
Flying solo, and a phone call.
Happy September!! I hope you all had a great summer. Unless you're a Southern Hemisphere person, then your summer is on its way! We had...
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Jennifer Zarifeh Major
Jul 22, 20195 min read
Grace, parenting, and not throwing a fit...
This post has nothing to do with my work, and then quite a bit to do with my work. So, here we go... The other day I was scrolling...
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Jennifer Zarifeh Major
Jun 12, 20192 min read
Thelma and Louise go undercover in New Mexico.
Okay, so, fun story...after Thelma and I left White Sands and headed toward El Morro, there was a long, glorious stretch of road across...
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Jennifer Z. Major
May 27, 20194 min read
Going AWOL With Thelma and Louise in The Subaru of Justice.
So, I'm back after a FABULOUS three week adventure Out West. Yes, I missed my husband and kids...there, we got that disclaimer out of the...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Apr 17, 20192 min read
Time for a pep talk.
Wix stock photo No, I haven't signed with a new agent. No, my Navajo books haven't sold. No, my contemporaries haven't sold. No, my World...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Mar 25, 20193 min read
Is 'good' really the enemy of 'best'?
In the wake of the whole US college admissions scandal, which has been observed anywhere on the scale between "Meh, whatever" to "kids,...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Mar 14, 20196 min read
The letter of the law.
Author photo-New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Fort Sumner, NM In case you've been living under a rock in a cave in the tundra with no WiFi...
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Jennifer Zarifeh Major
Feb 16, 20194 min read
Valentine's Day Tubes.
WAY back in September, I ended up in our local ER, or as we Canadians call it, "Emerg". Pronounced "E-merge". One of the things they said...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Jan 26, 20194 min read
Marie Kondo, Mozart, and marzipan.
Look, about this whole "tidy or turf" thing going on with that very nice lady named Marie Kondo? In my humble opinion, the very nice lady...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Jan 21, 20194 min read
What not to wear...people out with.
Can we talk about social media for a second? Lately, I've been taking a sort of sabbatical. I kind of need to, because I've had to make...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Jan 7, 20192 min read
And just like that...hope.
It's always interesting how a person can go from just floating along, dealing with the everyday humdrum stuff like putting Christmas...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Dec 29, 20184 min read
Closing a chapter on a brutally hard year.
Moving forward after getting kicked to the curb.
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Jennifer Major
Dec 17, 20185 min read
When Christmas isn't merry: advice for the hurting.
Anyone who knows the Christmas Story knows that Mary and Joseph were told that there was no room at the inn, and sent around back to the...
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Jennifer Zarifeh Major
Dec 7, 20182 min read
All I want for Christmas is...
The author at her friend's house a few years ago, poaching a grainy selfie in front of a fabulous tree! You might be thinking "she wants...
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Jennifer Z. Major
Nov 19, 20183 min read
The woman I am...or the woman you see. Which is it?
The writer at school...back in 1411...trying not to burn her lip on soup. Or, more accurately, "soup". I'm going to go on a teeny tiny...
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