Jo GieseThings I miss most (during the pandemic)For years an especially thoughtful neighbor has picked up our morning papers from where they’re tossed in front of the garage and…Aug 16, 2020Aug 16, 2020
Jo GieseNever Leave A Compliment UnsaidI try to never let a compliment go unsaid. If I ever thinksomething positive about someone or something, I share it before it vanishes.Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2019
Jo GieseWhat Heals?I have not walked for 75 days. I also have not driven a car, or showered, or cooked a meal, or had much sexApr 16, 2019Apr 16, 2019
Jo GieseMaybe We All Need Someone Waiting For Us in the Parking LotMore than a decade before Gloria Steinhem, I looked down on my Mom and her silly embroidery work. A French knot here, a fly stitch there…Apr 16, 2019Apr 16, 2019
Jo GieseON THE ROAD WITH NEVER SIT IF YOU CAN DANCEThe official launch of my mother-daughter memoir Never Sit If You Can Dance: Lessons from My Motherisn’t until April 23rd. But because of…Apr 15, 2019Apr 15, 2019
Jo GieseNOW THAT’S ROMANTIC!When Bond, my husband’s piano teacher, learned that I’d torn my Achilles tendon and after the reattachment surgery I’d be house-bound…Apr 15, 2019Apr 15, 2019
Jo GieseTHE ACHILLES THAT TOOK HIKING AWAY… FOR NOWProbably my favorite activity in the world is hiking. Hiking anywhere in the world — from Bhutan, to Chilean Patagonia, to Big Sur. And my…Apr 12, 2019Apr 12, 2019
Jo GieseThe Story of a Real Tooth FairyNobody had ever called me the Tooth Fairy, but about two years ago I acquired that nickname.Jul 18, 2017Jul 18, 2017
Jo GieseMontana Vacation: The Bear in the HouseOur place in Montana is called Little Bear Ranch. The name is a joke because the place isn’t really a ranch, and the bear in the kitchen…Mar 16, 2017Mar 16, 2017