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Jenny DeShields

Jenny DeShields

On Death and Not Dying

Obituaries are pages in the Grim Reaper’s never-ending novel. An entire life, a person’s story, is condensed into a few paragraphs — the…

Oct 7, 2016

On Death and Not Dying

Oct 7, 2016

Jenny DeShields

The Moon and Me

My thoughts are like immiscible liquids, the heavier, darker ones resting at the bottom and each subsequent strata growing lighter. During…

Sep 14, 2016

The Moon and Me

Sep 14, 2016

Jenny DeShields

Long Live Laughter

Hospitals are a kind of limbo. When the automatic doors “whoosh” shut behind you, time stutters and it no longer matters whether it’s 3…

Jul 2, 2016

Long Live Laughter

Jul 2, 2016

Jenny DeShields

Looking through a telescope

to bring you closer to me,

May 6, 2016

Looking through a telescope

May 6, 2016

Jenny DeShields

K-I-S-S-O-F-F

First comes loneliness, then comes marriage, then come two kids, 24 unsatisfying years and the eternal acrimony of divorce.

Apr 26, 2016

Apr 26, 2016

Jenny DeShields

Runaway Reasoning

Running away takes much more planning and effort as an adult than it does as a child.

Apr 25, 2016

Apr 25, 2016

Jenny DeShields
in
the Cafe

Wanting

Wanting makes

Apr 22, 2016

Apr 22, 2016

Jenny DeShields

Eternal Sunrise

5:35 a.m. Less than an hour away from witnessing another sunrise.

Apr 22, 2016

Eternal Sunrise

Apr 22, 2016

Jenny DeShields

A spark, ignite. Exquisite flame turned ember.

A spark, aglow. Slowly spreading until it consumes.

Apr 21, 2016

A spark, ignite. Exquisite flame turned ember.

Apr 21, 2016

Jenny DeShields

Let Briedom Ring

With the intense focus on American politics in this election year, it seems appropriate to look back at a small, but important, slice of…

Apr 20, 2016

Apr 20, 2016

Jenny DeShields

Jenny DeShields

I throw images and words into the ether. Former newspaper editor and designer, current corporate blog writer, ridiculous since birth.

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