Blog Posts for Jessica Barksdale Inclan

Calling in Sick

Jessica Barksdale Inclan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:57:11 -0500

I don't call in sick much. It's not just that I only have to appear in person a couple of times a week. It's that I don't like to stop. Stopping often seems like an excuse, a way out of thing

Too Hot

Jessica Barksdale Inclan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:08:33 -0500

It's too hot to be smart these days, so I"m getting by on muscle memory and hope. We aren't sleeping well, the fan on, the blankets off, the whine of the freeway in the distance. The tomat

A Visit from Poppy

Jessica Barksdale Inclan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:27:48 -0500

Sometimes nice things happen when you don't expect them but want them, and that's the best. I have been feeling a little bereft lately of creatures. Sure, I've made do with my bird feeder and t

The Case of the Mildewed Washing Machine (and other technological mysteries)

Jessica Barksdale Inclan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:03:08 -0500

For a while, Michael and I thought we were imagining it. Separately, we thought that we had somehow both begun to smell funky, kind of oldish and stale, like a room long closed in a humid climate

Can We Talk About Lasagna? And a Book.

Jessica Barksdale Inclan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:04:07 -0500

The weekend ended with a lasagna. Not your ordinary lasagna. Roasted summer squash, bolognese sauce, home made noodles, fresh mozzarella, mushrooms, ricotta.

Whose Baby is It?

Jessica Barksdale Inclan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:04:21 -0500

For the first time in this presidential campaign, I am feeling political. And I don't like feeling political. I don't like feeling angry and appalled and saddened and depressed. It seems like

Random Thoughts from the Universe

Jessica Barksdale Inclan — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:28:00 -0500

Here, in no apparent order, are some thoughts on recent goings on:

The Roller Coaster

Jessica Barksdale Inclan — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:23:06 -0500

The first time I saw the movie Parenthood, it was lost on me because I was in the dense moment of being a parent. For some stupid reason, my former spouse and I decided it would be a swe

My New Car

Jessica Barksdale Inclan — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:21:14 -0500

About one month ago, I drove out of the dealership lot in my new MINI Cooper S, pepper white, black top, black interior. I was lurching a little, still unused to my manual transmission. I think

The Question of Fear and Learning

Jessica Barksdale Inclan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:25:14 -0500

My youngest son is likely one of the bravest people I know, and yet, as a child, he was scared of many things. The dentist office, for one. Of course, this could have had something to do with h