About Me — Jenny Gargarello

Ecstatic Poet & Prolific Writer

About Me

Life is my favorite topic. I write a lot of memoir pieces. If you follow me, you will learn more about the following:

Highlights

I love sharing my life with my supportive, brilliant husband and happy dogs.

Willy is the eldest, and he is a lemon basset hound though most of his colors have faded. Bear was a rescue, and he is a mahogany basset hound.

Our latest addition is a little ball of fur that we call Poo. His real name is Bodhi which means awakening, and he is doing an excellent job of opening the eye of my eyes.

We are young snowbirds spending winters in a vintage RV in Baja, Mexico. The rest of the year, we enjoy the ample space of a four-bedroom home in rural Michigan.

My passions include writing, reading, gardening, and crafting. I have crafted over one hundred junk journals that were overflowing with love.

I have self-published two books. Lithium Lilies is an account of my experiences during the first year of the pandemic. During that time, I made a drastic shift from Christianity to Non-duality.

I am an ecstatic poet. Sometimes I don’t know where it comes from; I think I might be channeling it. I published my first collection–Echoes Ricochet, last summer. I plan on publishing much more poetry.

My biggest writing project is Dog Days In Baja, a memoir concerned with spiritual awakening, bipolar disorder, love, and loss.

I am releasing it on Kindle Vella, but I plan on creating an ebook and paperback within a year or so.

Lowlights

I had a troubled childhood that involved a lot of trauma.

It has taken me all my life to confront my shadow aspects and to keep walking into the light.

I sometimes write about this process in the hopes that it will be meaningful to someone struggling with the same issues.

Diagnosed with bipolar disorder fifteen years ago, I sometimes feel like I should go on a crusade to end the stigma. Believe it or not, we mentally ill people have much in common with you. Sometimes I talk about bipolar and how it affects my life.

I struggle whenever we return to Michigan. My idea of the good life is relaxing on the beach or sipping a margarita while watching the ocean crash against the cliffs.

The transition back to rural Michigan, where little is happening, can be challenging. However, I am grateful for the opportunity to be close to family. I often write about Baja and my dream to move there permanently.

Conclusion

Thank you so much for coming here to read about me. I hope that we can connect and share constructive and positive feedback.

I have published over six hundred articles in six months and am prolific. I ensure that each piece is high quality and sometimes dream of spacing things out. But when the inspiration is there, it’s there. And I feel I must flow with the universe and let loose all the words.

I hope you have the stomach for the highs and for the lows. It is a natural part of life for all of us, and being open about our struggles is courageous and helpful. I am usually explicit with my titles (unless it is poetry), so you can always skip the dark stuff if it is too much to handle.

If you are looking for ways to support me, please consider checking out one of my books linked above. Or you could donate to my Ko-Fi. Thank you.