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Jennifer L. Holberg

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Flies and Tomato Blight

So…about that famous fly at last week’s vice presidential debate. Turns out, it was simply joining a long line of illustrious Musca domestica. I know

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Meeker Mornings

Midweek. I find myself muttering “how is it only Tuesday?” Perhaps your life, too, is a little bit of a whirlwind at the moment. I

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Teaching: Year 30

This morning—perhaps even as you are reading this—I’ll be beginning the new academic year. My 30th as a college teacher. And fittingly, I think, I’ll

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ICYMI: Summer 2020 Edition

I actually thought I’d watch more TV in the pandemic than I have. I’m not sure why I didn’t–maybe because I spent so many of

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All That We Behold

I try not to say this too often or too loudly, especially out of recognition and respect of those whose lives are very different, but

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A different kind of sheep

I have to admit that I’m rather perplexed at how mask-wearing has become such a hot topic. Admittedly, it didn’t help when the pandemic first

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#Amplify

When we had to postpone the Festival of Faith & Writing this spring, one of my great sadnesses was that we had so many amazing

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A Matter of Course

It wasn’t until my thirties that I even considered not wearing a slip. This is not, perhaps, the most shocking admission, though it may be

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In Feast or Fallow

Tomorrow is my mother’s birthday. She would have been 77, and you would have known it was her birthday because she would have told you–probably

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