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The musical expectations of a vicious dancing parrot

Like many people from New Jersey, we’ve travelled south for a few days to visit relatives who long ago gave up on winter.

Dec 30, 2025 • Jean

A silver clutch that I last used at a wedding

For our outing to the opera I selected a silver clutch that I last used at a wedding in 2018.

Dec 15, 2025 • Jean

I don't want to hear about real things that happened

My children require a story each night at bedtime.

Dec 7, 2025 • Jean

October 2025

How we giggled as we crouched behind the bush

The kids had a half day of school yesterday.

Oct 23, 2025 • Jean

The whole situation was really normal, after all

It’s been seven years since I’ve eaten dinner alone in a restaurant, the bill footed by an expense account.

Oct 8, 2025 • Jean

September 2025

Let me stop trying to be fun

Fellow parents, does anyone else feel a bit trampled by this long-ass summer?

Sep 2, 2025 • Jean

August 2025

I, myself, am not real enough

A maple syrup farmer was looking for an apartment in Manhattan so that he could reinvent himself as a writer.

Aug 19, 2025 • Jean

I actually used to be a travel editor at Conde Nast

M started throwing up in the last ten minutes of our flight home from Scotland.

Aug 11, 2025 • Jean

July 2025

Now, I could think about some new things

Hannah, who I never met, was the person most on my mind before my hysterectomy.

Jul 7, 2025 • Jean

May 2025

In Writing Live with Jean Hannah Edelstein

A recording from Jean and Hattie Crisell's live video

May 13, 2025 • Jean and Hattie Crisell

48:06

How nice to try writing it down

I’m writing a novel now.

May 8, 2025 • Jean

April 2025

If we ever see him, there will be hell to pay

TW for podiatry chat

Apr 30, 2025 • Jean

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