By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist It finally happened — the thing I’ve been dreading for the two years since the last time it happened: classroom closure due to COVID. Two years later, and...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist One habit I’ve maintained from my once-upon-a-time years as a writer is keeping a notebook on hand at all times. Everywhere I go, paper and pen are at...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist I feel like I spend a lot of time in this column focusing on the fears and frictions generated by the interplay of my work and myself. From...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist This morning, for the first time since our daughter started attending her new school, I dressed like a normal person for the morning drop-off. And, oh, how my...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Staff As the lone female on the crew, the bathroom situation is typically the most challenging for me. While the guys can simply sidle up to a tree or...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist North Idaho recently made the national news cycle thanks to the fact that we’re currently rationing health care, operating under “crisis standards of care” at all of our...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist We received our first negative review recently. It came from someone we’ve never even met, let alone worked for. It came from someone disappointed in our inability to...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Dear reader, allow me to let you in on a little secret: Your hired laborers, though they may appreciate you as an individual, do not enjoy your presence...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist “I want to be her in my next life,” I heard our client say to her husband. She said it about me. I ducked my head and soldiered...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Once upon a time, in a seemingly far off land, I was a writer. I woke every morning, grabbed my jar of peanut butter and mug of tea,...
