Posts Tagged ‘caring’

Being “Just an Observer” is Inexcusable

Posted on: January 29th, 2022 by Jennifer Bryon Owen

Today is much like the day in this photo. The sun shines brightly and fiercely. The sky wears its best blue. Winter grips us tightly enough, teasing those of us who live in the South with its power to turn into a deathly reality. The difference in today and the day of this photo is… Read more

When a Fault Maybe Isn’t

Posted on: January 24th, 2019 by Jennifer Bryon Owen

“Jennifer reads too many library books” wasn’t the only comment my elementary school teachers regularly wrote on my report cards. The other was “Jennifer talks too much.” I absorbed these comments as failures. But, through the intervening years when these comments resurfaced, I gradually decided what they wrote was not what they meant. One can… Read more

How Grocery Shopping Can Be Interesting

Posted on: May 18th, 2018 by Jennifer Bryon Owen

My local Kroger delivered yet another blog post for me. Readers probably think all I do is shop at Kroger. I don’t. I try to go once a week, on Wednesdays, which used to be senior discount days. Shopping at my neighborhood Kroger is a treat; no matter what day I go. Interesting people are… Read more