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My Review of Jennifer Geer’s Stories
The Best of the Best includes: The Karens, My Uterus, The Art of Kintsugi, Baking a Cake and Meeting Hemingway
I chose this selection of Best Stories because I had just enjoyed reading the first one.
When Dr Mehmet Yildiz proposed the review challenge, @jennifergeer was the first writer that came to mind.
OK Jennifer, here’s the first one:
I loved this story because I’m one of those Boomers that you mention. The whole OK Boomer thing was funny at first, though I found it ironic that the generation of old people being mocked were responsible for the easy lives of the younger generation who were doing the mocking. A little bitter? Perhaps.
The thing is, I was born at the end of the Boomers and at the beginning of Gen-X. When the Karen insults began I thought it was all a bit too much. I can’t wait to see who picks on who next.
I tried to run once, so this article caught my eye.
I know running is good for me and would love to be able to participate but I discovered running increased my trips to the chiropractor. I enjoyed your article because you dispel some of the myths I’ve always held, such as running is hard on your knees. The one that made me smile was the old debunked myth of ‘in the Victorian age, women were told not to run for fear of loosening their uterus.’ Who knew?
Wabi-sabi and Kintsugi.
I had heard about Wabi-sabi and knew there was an art where broken pottery was repaired with gold but didn’t know the name was Kintsugi. I especially loved reading about these other Japanese philosophies:
- Mottainai — the regret of wasted things.
- Mushin — the acceptance of change and fate.
I’ve been writing haiku about words that don’t translate directly into English and these two are now contenders.
That said, I loved how you took these philosophies and connected them to the troubles in the US today.
Let Them Eat Cake — who doesn’t love a great recipe story.
Baking a cake without butter, eggs or milk is easy enough to do when you are missing one of the ingredients. I was surprised to read that you can substitute all of them and still have a delicious result. I almost laughed out loud when you said you modified the recipe that you found because you couldn’t help yourself. That’s what I do as well!
Advice From The Stars
Can you imagine this happening to you? This was a great story to hear and it made me smile to think of the young man having his dream come true. The advice holds true today and I was delighted to receive it.
My one true sentence for today is:
Jennifer Geer is a talented, funny individual and you will enjoy her writing.
Tree Langdon is a writer and editor for ILLUMINATION and Whispers of Magic. Follow her on Twitter and Facebook.*
