by Jule Kucera | Dec 25, 2022 | Blog
It’s Sunday, December 18th as I’m writing this. Today was a big day—the day I finished the refresh of Sweet Baby Lover, my memoir. There’s still much to do related to different print and ebook versions, but to use a term Trent would use, the “guts” are done. I thought...
by Jule Kucera | Dec 18, 2022 | Blog
I’ve just wrapped up teaching at UC this semester. It was an unusual class. There is always one student who lets me know they are struggling with thoughts of self-harm, but this year there were several dealing with significant mental health challenges. Anxiety....
by Jule Kucera | Dec 11, 2022 | Blog
“Everything you eat has to die for you to eat it.” This is something Trent said. It’s the reason I’m an omnivore, not a vegetarian. For me to live, everything I eat must die. I suppose fruit is a technicality, but I’m stealing the food the fruit seed needed to grow...
by Jule Kucera | Dec 4, 2022 | Blog
My mom may have encouraged me to ignore auto exhaust, but she raised me to be conscious of the weather. Mom grew up on a small farm in Nebraska, dirt poor. It was the kind of farm that is almost extinct—a farm with a little of everything. There were crops and cows,...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 27, 2022 | Blog
I’m worried about the planet. This is not new. I was worried in grade school when I held my breath as school buses dropped us off and pulled away, when I stepped back from idling cars. Mom said not to worry about the fumes and to set the table. Dad launched into a...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 20, 2022 | Blog
When 9/11 happened, I was in a sailboat in the Mediterranean with seven friends, one captain, and one crew person|chef. We didn’t have a cell connection or wifi. Our news viewing was restricted to the end of the day, on whatever TV we could find in whatever bar,...
