Jessamyn RainsHermit EnvyI’m reading this book about a monk who goes off to live in a hermitage. He feeds chickens at a nearby convent in the mornings. Cooks rice…Sep 9, 2018Sep 9, 2018
Jessamyn RainsPapier MacheIn the craft room where I work there are all these unfinished papier mache hot air balloons. Balloons wrapped in strips of newspaper dipped…Aug 27, 2018Aug 27, 2018
Jessamyn RainsOn Feeling (un) Pretty“Did you feel pretty when you were young?” A friend recently asked me.Nov 25, 2017Nov 25, 2017
Jessamyn RainsCaution: Student DriverNon-Reflections on Motherhood by a Post-IdealistOct 30, 20171Oct 30, 20171
Jessamyn RainsHighlights from Christmas in Chandigarh, Plus My Farewell to George MichaelAn Indian winter is a green winter.Jan 14, 2017Jan 14, 2017
Jessamyn RainsInto City BeautifulA couple of days after Diwali, when the smog was so thick and gray you couldn’t tell where the Yamuna River ended and the sky began, we got…Dec 22, 2016Dec 22, 2016
Jessamyn Rains“The Poor You Have With You Always.”Yes, we had them in St. Louis. The world-weary travelers, the homeless veterans, the people with who-knows-what-kind-of story standing with…Oct 29, 2016Oct 29, 2016
Jessamyn RainsLittle Tibet: World Within a WorldThis is the place my heart will yearn for once we leave and return to the dust-coated, sun-drenched streets of Delhi with its din and…Oct 22, 2016Oct 22, 2016
