Jennifer Sweeney

Redlands

Poet. Essayist. Author of FOXLOGIC FIREWEED, LITTLE SPELLS, HOW TO LIVE ON BREAD AND MUSIC, SALT MEMORY. #poets #writers #binders #vcfawriting

Articles

What my patients taught me about faith

Sep 11, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Scott Abramson |Pat Rich |Jennifer Sweeney |Casey Paul Schukow

When I was a teenager, I worked summer nights at the Funtown Amusement Park on the south side of Atlanta, Georgia. After work, as I drove home to the north side of Atlanta, I had to pass through “Cabbagetown.” In the early 1960s, during the days of segregation in the South, Cabbagetown was a shantytown neighborhood inhabited by tough, white folks who worked at the nearby Fulton Cotton Mills.
Stop and smell the flowers

Sep 11, 2024 | villagelife.com | Jennifer Sweeney

Fall is an amazing time to visit Apple Hill Growers farms to experience the harvest but there’s more to the area than apples. This year, growers are excited to announce their first Flower Trail Festival on Sept. 14 & 15. Growers have been working tirelessly to nurture beautiful flower trails and displays for visitors and this weekend event is a celebration of their work. Bring your walking shoes and camera to take great photos and enjoy the beauty of all the different beautiful flowers.
Paper Birch - Rust & Moth

Aug 22, 2024 | rustandmoth.com | Jennifer Sweeney

Paper BirchYou come to nature and seeyourself. In likenesses, say:bones and books and dresses,cream-sheath, pearl-shine sheetedso-and-so of the woods. Can you see us withoutthe pen in your hand? The way we love a long winter,our trunks swathed whiteas defense againsttoo much light. The way something can still burnin the coldest season. Yes. We.How narrow our shootshow pure the stand,rarely alonewe raise from summer ashin call and response. A clarity of birches. An overland.
Head to Apple Hill for lavender and blueberries

Jun 19, 2024 | mtdemocrat.com | Jennifer Sweeney

The farms of the Apple Hill Growers Association are known for amazing apple crops, but the area produces much more, including wine grapes, stone fruit and a variety of vegetables. Two crops that might come as a surprise are lavender and blueberries and at this time of year purple and blue blooms transform the fields in the Sierra foothills. The Apple Hill Growers celebrate both crops at this month’s Lavender Blue Harvest Days on June 22 & 23 and June 29 & 30.
Allyship in action: Supporting your LGBTQ+ patients

Jun 10, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Uchenna Umeh |Pat Rich |Jennifer Sweeney |Natalie Enyedi

“Mom, when I walk in the room, all they see is a deviant Black man.”Those were the words my transgender daughter said to me after a recent visit with her primary care physician. She felt like everyone was judging her, and the doctor acted like she had a contagious disease. He was also preoccupied with her name choice and whether she would be getting a “sex change” surgery, and he didn’t once make proper eye contact. All this was during what was supposed to be a routine well-child/sports physical.
Maybe a presentation from Take a Second Look Educational Foundation is right for your organization?

Mar 13, 2024 | pacesconnection.com | Jennifer Sweeney

Have you ever thought - Why did he act like that? Why did she say that? That reaction seemed extreme! What was I thinking? Maybe a presentation from Take a Second Look Educational Foundation is right for your organization? Take a Second Look Educational Foundation -Our purpose is to provide information about how we can understand each other better and develop more compassion once we understand what is going on in a person’s brain. “Let’s take a second look at what is really going on…”Who am I?
Physician work-life balance: How boundaries protect you and your patients

Mar 8, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Jennifer Sweeney |Brian A. Primack |Pat Rich |Shideh Shafie

“Shideh joon, can you talk to this woman? We met her at a party, and her kid is sick.”This request from my father exemplifies the blurred lines between personal and professional life many physicians experience. He had met a mother at a party whose child, after being diagnosed with a virus and prescribed rest and ibuprofen, was still feeling unwell. She had, however, thought it a good idea to drive from the mid-Atlantic to Massachusetts to attend a Persian party.
It is literally possible to be a woman in medicine! We are doing it every day.

Mar 1, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Christine J. Ko |Simone Phillips |Jennifer Sweeney |Steven Zhang

I love America Ferrara’s monologue in Barbie. Similarly, the impossibility of being a woman in medicine, as so clearly stated in Dr. Jennifer Lycette’s recent essay in KevinMD, absolutely resonates with me. And yet, let’s not forget that in 2021, two of five practicing physicians were women, with certain fields including (my own) dermatology, internal medicine, and pediatrics having a female predominance.
Summit helps businesses tap into tourism

Jan 22, 2024 | mtdemocrat.com | Jennifer Sweeney

Tourism is a major economic driver for El Dorado County. According to recent research from Visit California, visitors to the county in 2022 spent $1billion. They also generate more than $100.6 million in local tax revenue while the industry employees more than 13,000 people. Tourism is big business and there is always room for more businesses to get involved.
Bring Apple Hill home for the holidays

Nov 20, 2023 | mtdemocrat.com | Jennifer Sweeney

The apple harvest may be over but there is still plenty to enjoy at Apple Hill Grower farms this holiday season. Most Apple Hill farms are still open as well as the area wineries. It is hard to name a more quintessential fall dessert than hot apple pie. The bake shops of Apple Hill are working overtime to create delicious pies in many styles — and not just apple. Take home a few favorites frozen to save for Christmas and beyond. Frozen pies will stay delicious for up to a year in the freezer.