Jenny's Latest Blogs
Jan.24.2012 - 3:07 pm
Just when I think I can no longer be shocked by politicians' behavior, this comes along. It's not the fact that Newt Gingrich's ex-wife claims he wanted an open marriage that...
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Dec.15.2011 - 12:03 pm
My little sister's partner just gave birth to their first baby. She's six weeks old. I have a daughter myself who will be 13 in April. I flew out to Portland, Ore., last week to...
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Aug.05.2011 - 2:30 pm
Every summer, for twelve years, I've gone to the same writers' retreat in the mountains of Southwest Virginia at a place called Nimrod Hall. The main house was built in 1783...
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Aug.04.2011 - 12:48 pm
Most places change over time and some change the people who visit them. Nimrod Hall is definitely the latter. In the Wood family since the early 1900s, Nimrod looks (and feels)...
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About Jenny
Jenny Block has a BA and an MA from Virginia Commonwealth University. She was a college English instructor for nearly ten years and now works as a freelance writer whose work has appeared in a variety of regional and national publications and on a number of...
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Muscular Dystrophy Association, Christian Children's Fund, Rape and Incest National Network (RAINN), HRC, Matthew Shepherd Foundation, Breast Cancer 3-Day...