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Jessica Martin

Changing Seasons

I’ve decided to move my archive of personal essays over to a new Substack publication, Changing Seasons. I’ll continue to document our…

1 min readMar 12, 2022

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Changing Seasons

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Jessica Martin

Holiday Traditions

A meditation on what holidays mean

5 min readDec 17, 2021

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Holiday Traditions

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Jessica Martin

Larch Season

Larch trees as a symbol of change, and embracing life’s seasons on their own time.

8 min readNov 21, 2021

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Larch Season

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Jessica Martin

Mountains and Valleys

For almost twenty years, I lived in Massachusetts, in an area nestled between the Berkshire Mountains and the Eastern Massachusetts ridge…

12 min readOct 30, 2021

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Mountains and Valleys

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Jessica Martin

Reflections on The Medium Writers Challenge

I started publishing essays on Medium earlier this year, when everything in my life felt like it was falling apart.

2 min readOct 19, 2021

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Reflections on The Medium Writers Challenge

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Last Tango of the Pandemic

I’ve never been a dancer.

10 min readOct 6, 2021

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Last Tango of the Pandemic

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Jessica Martin

10 Justifications for Eating Out: A List of New Year’s Anti-Resolutions

The other day, I found myself thinking of this New-Year’s-themed piece, originally published way back in 2013 at The Farmer General. It’s…

3 min readSep 29, 2021

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Jessica Martin

Stargazer is Dead, Long Live Stargazer

We started out in 2020 with seven chickens, raised as chicks in two batches. The first batch included Jess Junior, Bella, Biscuit, and…

6 min readSep 15, 2021

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Stargazer is Dead, Long Live Stargazer

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Jessica Martin

Making Pancakes

I wrote this back in 2012 while grieving the loss of my grandmother, Alice. It was originally published at http://farmergeneral.com/

4 min readJul 29, 2021

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Making Pancakes

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Jessica Martin

On Luck

After you have a miscarriage, you hear the word “luck” a lot. You’d think this would come from friends, maybe a priest. Surprisingly, it’s…

9 min readJul 23, 2021

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On Luck

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Jessica Martin

Jessica Martin

Former city gal living in a country cabin as we build a forever home. Stories about life and sometimes death. 2021 Medium Writers Challenge Finalist.

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