Jennifer Briggs

This week I did a lot of interviews! It is so exciting to be talking to people about my book, and it also comes with a learning curve regarding technology. I used headphones for some podcasts but not others. For one, I recorded my half of the audio using Audacity. I did an instagram live… Read more »

For all of the events described in the next few paragraphs, know that everyone is alive and well. We just had a few adventures. Last Sunday the forecast for Pittsburgh was a formidable 4 inches of snow, so you can see why the schools felt they had to close! And to make that decision Sunday… Read more »

Happy New Year! We finished out our Christmas feasting and festivities with Carl’s side of the family. Music was made, games were played, and we completed one of the hardest jigsaw puzzles we have ever done. The girls rang in the new year with Grandma and Grandpa, although to be more specific, Amy and our… Read more »

For the past many Christmases we have traveled to warmer climes before heading to Philly to see my two sets of parents. This year we stayed put. Christmas Eve was filled with house tidying and baking gingerbread cookies. Then we attended an evening church service at a church we can walk to. We don’t usually… Read more »

As Sarah and I drove to her annual audiology appointment she informed me that she was a safari driver pointing out the red Xs that we were passing. As she continued to talk it took me a moment to realize the new name she was using to refer to herself: That’s Right. Once I realized… Read more »

As we decorated our tree last Sunday, Amy commented on how we have many ornaments with pictures of young Sarah over the years, but no ornaments with pictures of her. This is because the Sarah ornaments were from her schools, and Amy has gone to different schools. To remedy this inequality, Amy drew two pictures… Read more »

It has been a while since I wrote anything about Amy’s new Whisper brace. It hasn’t been quite the smooth sailing experience we had hoped for. You may remember that the doctor wrote us the prescription while also advising that he didn’t think it would be effective. We have now gone to Philadelphia three times… Read more »

The most important dish for me at Thanksgiving is the mashed turnips. It was something my grandmother made that I never even particularly liked, but it was unique to any other Thanksgiving meal and I came to love that slightly bitter taste. I even now know it is best to have smaller turnips instead of… Read more »

Last weekend we had a lovely visit with Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop. We had a fun time playing Kittens in the Blender, which is really a highly competitive match between Amy and Carl no matter how many other people are playing. We also watched the movie of Harold And the Purple Crayon, laughing uproariously. We never… Read more »

Virtually everything I did this past week was virtual. Well, that’s not quite true, but I did have many more zooms than usual. One was about connecting more with my community and how I might want to make that happen. My first goal is to get to know everyone who lives on my block. One… Read more »