Author Archives: Jaclynn Loibl

I’ve been skeptical about the move to Georgia. Although building a house next to family, creating a communal paradise with chickens, and a greenhouse in a town of less than a thousand people sounds fun, the number of items that needed the green light was overwhelming. Until now. The builder messaged yesterday when the landContinue reading “Book ’em, Danno!”

Can I eat your flesh if we went down in a plane together in the bitterly cold and snowy Andes Mountain range? Remember, there’s no food anywhere, and I need to survive, and you’re dead. So far, I’ve gotten one no and one yes, and either way, I respect your decision but I will eatContinue reading “Poky Foot Day”

“My life is brilliant. My love is pure. I saw an angel, of that I’m sure.” – James Blunt In the office, I encountered a woman with a free-spirited vibe, reminiscent of Jenny from Forrest Gump. Our eyes locked as we passed, and an undeniable feeling gripped me. It was a jolt that insisted IContinue reading “Smiling on the Subway”

Why do I blog every day? Richard, a past mentor now a friend, asked me this question as steel-cut oats bubbled on the stove. To and fro I paced grabbing strawberries, blueberries, and bananas to cut from the refrigerator, as my mind floated into a stream of consciousness. My why has shifted like tectonic platesContinue reading “Lessons in Laundry”

Despite my drum-tight belly full of leftovers, I forced my plaid fleece pajama-clad butt out the door. With an hour left of daylight, I knew my window was closing, and hurried into the warm winter air. Not even a thousand steps in, and unprompted writing ideas flew in. Excessive litter, to the level of aContinue reading “Nimble Nightwalker”

Listening to an episode of This American Life on my walk at the YMCA put me in a funk. The political intensity took me back to the 2016 election and the fallout of some of my relationships afterward. I hated that (Yes, Ethan, I said hate! because I did). Just so you know: Ethan isContinue reading “Drips, Jumps, and Decomposition”

In the go-go-go of awaiting a document from a lawyer in Georgia, meeting a notary in the Bonney Lake library, asking a perfect stranger to bear witness and sign the document, and then an easy handoff at FedEx, it’s nice to sit, a calm before the leg two of the storm. Thankful I’m not inContinue reading “Yellow Submarine Livin’”

I don’t have writing in me tonight. I am under blankets, and a “Publish” button away from closing my eyes. I promise I’ll be back tomorrow. Asa concession, I will leave you with a couple things. First, a video of my favorite thing traveling northbound on I-5. Yellow paint markings on the roadway, and theContinue reading “Sweet and Short”

Red and green strands of light hang along the eaves of El Charro, the Mexican restaurant I sometimes walk to on my lunch break. On the drive home, as I passed it, immediately an image of our still-up 8-foot Frosty the Snowman guiltily came to mind. It isn’t four weeks past Christmas already, is it?Continue reading “Late to the Party”

I felt a little slacky on my treadmill walk. Twenty of 60 minutes in, I questioned whether I was going too easy due to my knee. I like pushing myself but couldn’t because of pain. When a shorter and older-than-me man, with 50’s style slicked-back hair and the build of an Army Ranger, stepped ontoContinue reading “Straight as an Arrow”