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By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist The Pro-Voice Project, a stage production of personal stories of reproductive choice, hits the Heartwood Center stage on Saturday, Jan. 28. I invite you to attend and listen...
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The Lumberjill: The only prescription is more cowbell
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Once upon a time, we had a client named Elaine. Once upon an earlier time, she was something of a painterly powerhouse. She was capital-S “Someone.” She had...
The Lumberjill: My husband let me write this
By Jen “The Wife” Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist A few days ago, my husband and I pulled up to a job site to assess the work to be done. Tyler emerged from the vehicle...
The Lumberjill: The f-bomb is only acceptable when talking about the president, and other language arts lessons from North Idaho
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist My little one was nervous for the first day of school. The entire drive found her curled in the fetal position, reciting the mantra, I don’t want to...
The Lumberjill: ‘You’re not the carefree woman I married’
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist A friend recently sent me a New Yorker cartoon. Depicted in it is a harried woman wearing a baby, a child and a dog begging for attention at...
The Pro-Voice Project seeks submissions for upcoming abortion stories production
By Reader Staff In an effort to bring the subject of abortion out of the realm of shadow and shame, two local women are spearheading a project to tell area residents’ personal stories of...
The Lumberjill: Generation WTF
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist <insert deep, fortifying breath here as I contemplate raising a girl at this particular time in history> <insert long, drawn-out f-bomb as I stall for time to develop...
The Lumberjill: Priorities
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Sometimes, I am guilty of not being the best mom. Sometimes, I am distracted. (A lot of the time, actually.) Sometimes, I can be found sending emails to...
The Lumberjill: Inflation is only fun in pool toys
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist “That seems like a lot of money to prune some trees,” he said. “You’re right,” I said. Because he was. Guess what: Inflation sucks. You know what else...
The Lumberjill: Encounters with leg-hold traps in the land of the free
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Any time we engage in tree work in a community space — near sidewalks and roads, in parks, along trails — public safety is non-negotiable. In addition to...
