Jolene Varley Handy

Jan 7, 2025 | unschoolforwriters.substack.com | Alison Acheson |Jolene Varley Handy

This photo is an anxiety attack. Too much of our external and even internal world is this. Let’s move on:Maybe too isolated? We have images of what is retreat and what isn’t. Sometimes our images make desires and goals and genuine needs seem unattainable. We might think:My project isn’t ready for this… yet…It’s too far, too expensive…I don’t have time. Retreat isn’t a want—it’s a need, necessary for survival, for creating. In this series we’ve looked at definitions of the word. Retreat from. And to.

Apr 23, 2024 | annettelaing.substack.com | Anne Byrn |Annette Laing |Kate McDermott |Jolene Varley Handy

You may wonder what pies and have to do with history, and also with Non-Boring History, but even when it seems like I'm not writing about history, I always am. And since I am writing about the history of the US and Canadian Pacific Northwest over the next week or two, I want to begin today by introducing you to Kate, and also to the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. Kate, pie, and tribes are all connected today.

Dec 2, 2023 | elizabethmarro.substack.com | Elizabeth Marro |Jillian Hess |Jolene Varley Handy

Is there a cookbook in your kitchen that holds more than recipes for you? Share it with us along with the memories and stories that rise up every time you reach for it. And while you’re at it, let us know the three books that you are most glad you read in 2023?  I’m putting together this year’s list of top reads from the entire Spark community. Let me know the ones you want to include!Leave a commentWelcome! You’ve reached Spark. Learn more here or just read on.

Oct 21, 2023 | annettelaing.substack.com | Anne Byrn |Annette Laing |Jolene Varley Handy

Discover more from Non-Boring History Join renegade academic Dr. Annette Laing for a witty, thoughtful, and ever-surprising tour of US and UK history, and how historians think. Over 6,000 subscribers How Long Is This Post?

Aug 24, 2023 | andreanguyen.substack.com | Andrea Nguyen |Jolene Varley Handy

Last week’s lemongrass discussion got lots of us thinking about growing and using the intriguing baton-like aromatic. Just so you know, the stalk that I harvested to show you has now sprouted rootlets! It’s been warm and I let the stalk be a dinner table floral arrangement of sorts. It’s not ready to plant. A few more weeks are needed to let the roots go from baby teeth size to canines. I continue to have lemongrass on my mind, including a peach lemongrass granita.