Women's Voices
Short Stories, Essays, Novels
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Blog: Women's Voices
I would confess everything to Miss Marple.
The whole-body listening we showed as a baby is a skill that could save a life, a job, a relationship, and a divided nation like the USA.
Finding Faith
Patterns in our lives that lead to more of the same problems can be broken. A useful strategy is to Describe the Event, List Thoughts, List Feelings, List Behaviors. Somewhere in those lists are the reasons that the harmful pattern repeats itself.
Surviving and Thriving
Survivors are the few among us who learn resilience, empathy, inner strength, and emotiional intelligence.
2025: Part 2
What will 2025 bring to us? We do not know for certain; we can study patterns and history. But each of us should prepare ourselves and make wiser decisions.
2025: Part 1
This blog is about a preemptive look at the year ahead and an evaluation of previous ways we create our worst years. Part I: Peace
Women (Re)sisters Part 2
Part 2: Look For The Helpers. Women must comfort, help, and promote women. Relying unconditionally on men for women's safety, security, and fulfillment is delusion. White women helped win the election for the GOP. We must be ready to help, because the GOP will undoubtedly fail women.
Women (Re)sisters: Part 1
Women were united in their ambitious search for freedom and justice prior to the Reagan. This is what happened. The division was purposeful; the Republican party and Christian Nationalists benefited. No group or agenda poses more danger to our democracy than the Christian Nationalists.
Do Not Obey In Advance
Do not obey in advance. Notice who are queuing up to obey before the inauguration. The most dangerous of trump's henchmen will come from this early list.
Violence problems: Community-based solutions
We have a gun violence problem. It is fueled by far right propaganda. Wealthy gun lobbyists and gun manufacturers, politicians, and anyone who profits from the gun industry will not offer reasonable solutions. Americans must listen to each other and talk together to describe the problem and create solutions.
a critique part 2
During WWII, the British accepted their personal and national struggles to defeat German aggression and prevent German invasion of their islands. Their collective heroism was based on fear but quite rational. In contrast, German people's irrational and cultish beliefs in Hitler empowered his aggression and caused their unimaginable personal sacrifices. Disinformation is a powerful force.
A critique
I wondered why I have watched the BBC series, Foyle's War, multiple times. To understand my fascination with this period drama, I recently watched the full series again and will write my thoughts. What did I observe? What have I learned? How do I connect with the story? I came away admiring the British and their determined resolve to defend their nation.
Chapter 32 from Little Texas
This is an excerpt from my novel, Little Texas. Three young women, born and raised together in Clovis, New Mexico, USA, find their lives upended following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Clovie, Susan, and Akiko are in their senior year of high school when Akiko disappears overnight with the entire Japanese colony.
About Nancy Jean
I've lived in New Mexico, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Missouri, and Alaska -- not in this order. Albuquerque is my current home. I also enjoy, since my retirement from teaching in the classroom, traveling to visit new places, meeting new people, learning new ideas and broadening my experiences. My travels to places like Puerto Rico, Austria, and other places in the United States inspire creative ideas.
My new books, Little Texas and Pease River Revival are now available as ebooks in most online bookstores.
Thank you for visiting my work on this site. Please contact me. I would love to hear from my readers. Read to Learn; Write to Learn!
I'm Doing This for You
Older brother must leave and report to Camp Hale Colorado. How does he say goodbye to his twelve year old brother?
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