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Apr 17, 2019
2 min

Time for a pep talk.

Wix stock photo No, I haven't signed with a new agent. No, my Navajo books haven't sold. No, my contemporaries haven't sold. No, my World...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Mar 25, 2019
3 min

Is 'good' really the enemy of 'best'?

In the wake of the whole US college admissions scandal, which has been observed anywhere on the scale between "Meh, whatever" to "kids, i...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Mar 14, 2019
6 min

The letter of the law.

Author photo-New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Fort Sumner, NM In case you've been living under a rock in a cave in the tundra with no WiFi a...

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Jennifer Zarifeh Major

Feb 16, 2019
4 min

Valentine's Day Tubes.

WAY back in September, I ended up in our local ER, or as we Canadians call it, "Emerg". Pronounced "E-merge". One of the things they said...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Jan 26, 2019
4 min

Marie Kondo, Mozart, and marzipan.

Look, about this whole "tidy or turf" thing going on with that very nice lady named Marie Kondo? In my humble opinion, the very nice lady...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Jan 21, 2019
4 min

What not to wear...people out with.

Can we talk about social media for a second? Lately, I've been taking a sort of sabbatical. I kind of need to, because I've had to make s...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Jan 7, 2019
2 min

And just like that...hope.

It's always interesting how a person can go from just floating along, dealing with the everyday humdrum stuff like putting Christmas deco...

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Closing a chapter on a brutally hard year.

Jennifer Z. Major

Dec 29, 2018
4 min

Closing a chapter on a brutally hard year.

Moving forward after getting kicked to the curb.

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When Christmas isn't merry: advice for the hurting.

Jennifer Major

Dec 17, 2018
5 min

When Christmas isn't merry: advice for the hurting.

Anyone who knows the Christmas Story knows that Mary and Joseph were told that there was no room at the inn, and sent around back to the ...

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Jennifer Zarifeh Major

Dec 7, 2018
2 min

All I want for Christmas is...

The author at her friend's house a few years ago, poaching a grainy selfie in front of a fabulous tree! You might be thinking "she wants ...

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The woman I am...or the woman you see. Which is it?

Jennifer Z. Major

Nov 19, 2018
3 min

The woman I am...or the woman you see. Which is it?

The writer at school...back in 1411...trying not to burn her lip on soup. Or, more accurately, "soup". I'm going to go on a teeny tiny ra...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Oct 30, 2018
4 min

Your problem with me...

I have this subtle fear every time I go to a certain store, and it's not an unusual one. I've run into a certain person there a few times...

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Swords are heavy, and if you drop yours, you'll slice off your foot.

Jennifer Z. Major

Sep 25, 2018
2 min

Swords are heavy, and if you drop yours, you'll slice off your foot.

But sometimes, as strong as you are, as patient as you are and as unflinching as you might seem, you get tempted to swing yours and do so...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Jul 29, 2018
1 min

The Promise.

A short 7 minute discussion on what happened in 2013 to make me never doubt my calling, and why I'm not a wreck at the moment...I'm just ...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Jul 28, 2018
2 min

Changes.

If I could be anywhere right now, it would be on an ocean beach. Sorry-not sorry, lakes just aren't the same. And if not a beach, it woul...

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GDPR implementation and finally an update, because I am a sloth...

Jennifer Z. Major

May 25, 2018
3 min

GDPR implementation and finally an update, because I am a sloth...

And here is photographic evidence of my slothness...yes, it's an office selfie. Wow, I look tired. Some advice? If you spend hours a day ...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Apr 18, 2018
5 min

Mount Hermon

Yes, those trees are hundreds and hundreds of feet tall!! Friday... Ahhh yes, after literally 6 years of hearing people talk about this F...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Apr 9, 2018
4 min

Home...

Well, after 18 days on the road, I'm home. Actually, I got home Sunday morning around 1am. Many thanks to my daughter who picked me up at...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Mar 8, 2018
2 min

A black mark, you say? GREAT!!

Yes, it's been a while. Nope, I won't apologize. Why? Because I don't want to be or feel sorry for the urgencies of my life getting in th...

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Jennifer Z. Major

Feb 6, 2018
2 min

On the edge? It's not what you think.

A couple of years ago, my partner in crime and I, also known as "Thelma and Louise" spent some quality time near the Grand Canyon. Now, a...

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