"Think how the other person must feel." I'm old, but not doddering. Still, the times are changing without me. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/t...

EASTER, a billion dollars Tax dollars, a holiday, and the screaming man. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/e...

NO KINGS in my country Sadly, it won't be for the last time. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/n...

I RAN TODAY It sounds like a joke, but it isn't. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/i...

READING THE ROOM Reading the room isn’t a skill I often possess. I misunderstand but forge ahead anyway. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/r...

CALYX The reason they did it. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/c...

HOPE janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/h...

LESSONS singing harmony... janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/l...

How it's gone so far. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/r...

LET THE BUCKET GO janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/l...

We’d like to believe Congressional Republicans would be smarter than white lab rats. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/02/20/l...

RESTORE Preserving family spaces... janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/r...

Sometimes assigning responsibility is messy or unfair, complicated or self-serving. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/a...

Stepping away from the podium. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/w...

An hour or a few each day... THE VIEW janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/01/23/t...

It's all in my head. THE INVISIBLE CRAFT janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/t...

CLOSURE What seemed most important to say before they murdered Good. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/c...

WEEKLY or weakly? a short, true story. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/w...

SUGGESTIONS for 2026 No promises... janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/g...

The year is ending, and this is an entirely arbitrary counting of the passage of time, of distance between what once was and will be. My guilt and remorse. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/c...

HOLIDAY Perhaps this is my contribution to our collective wisdom: there is no grand plan. Stuff happens. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/h...

The most important thing I used to do this time of year, when I was teaching, was show episode 10 of season 1 of The West Wing, IN EXCELSIS DEO janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/i...

I start out meaning to go one way and then I get distracted. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/l...

WHO TO THANK? I would have bought Gary cashmere—he deserves a new sweater, but this year, a pumpkin pie because I can. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/w...

BLAME, again: I was thinking about a man, smiling and thankful for the gift of a few spoonfuls of honey. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/b...

Sciencing the heck out of it. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/d...

It's more than just the literal weather, but that too. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/w...

What I've been up to. janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a...

PERFECT GIRLS janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/p...

YOU'RE SWEET ENOUGH janpriddyoregon.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/y...