Jen Gingras Harper
@jengingras.bsky.social
She/her
* Disabled by Covid; #pwLC since 2022
* Once (and future?) content strategist/manager, editor, competitive rower: linkedin.com/in/jennifergingras
* Still a writer: movingsideways.substack.com
* Oaklandish natiVermonter on Wabanaki land
* Disabled by Covid; #pwLC since 2022
* Once (and future?) content strategist/manager, editor, competitive rower: linkedin.com/in/jennifergingras
* Still a writer: movingsideways.substack.com
* Oaklandish natiVermonter on Wabanaki land
Halp, there is a Bob Ross painting outside my windows and down the valley.
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Halp, there is a Bob Ross painting outside my windows and down the valley.
Winter is coming.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Winter is coming.
Vermont keeps making a liar out of me. I told them not to expect a white Christmas, but they got one.
"Don't expect regular trick or treating," I said.
Rutland: /shuts down traffic for whole blocks, hosts garage disco parties
🤷♀️
"Don't expect regular trick or treating," I said.
Rutland: /shuts down traffic for whole blocks, hosts garage disco parties
🤷♀️
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Vermont keeps making a liar out of me. I told them not to expect a white Christmas, but they got one.
"Don't expect regular trick or treating," I said.
Rutland: /shuts down traffic for whole blocks, hosts garage disco parties
🤷♀️
"Don't expect regular trick or treating," I said.
Rutland: /shuts down traffic for whole blocks, hosts garage disco parties
🤷♀️
First, no one licks a tissue (p. 4). One spits on a tissue or wets it with one's tongue.
By p. 6, there's a sentence fragment I can't even "voice and tone" justify, and I tried. It's just lazy punctuation that irretrievably busts up either/or.
I do try not to drive-by edit but JFC. #booksky
By p. 6, there's a sentence fragment I can't even "voice and tone" justify, and I tried. It's just lazy punctuation that irretrievably busts up either/or.
I do try not to drive-by edit but JFC. #booksky
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
First, no one licks a tissue (p. 4). One spits on a tissue or wets it with one's tongue.
By p. 6, there's a sentence fragment I can't even "voice and tone" justify, and I tried. It's just lazy punctuation that irretrievably busts up either/or.
I do try not to drive-by edit but JFC. #booksky
By p. 6, there's a sentence fragment I can't even "voice and tone" justify, and I tried. It's just lazy punctuation that irretrievably busts up either/or.
I do try not to drive-by edit but JFC. #booksky
Fern Lake. Yellow kayak. No filter.
First time back on the water since trying a short row post-Covid, only to land back in bed indefinitely, at the time.
A lazy paddle is...emotionally challenging. All I can see is a race course or a workout. My kingdom for a Hudson 1x...
Good start, though.
First time back on the water since trying a short row post-Covid, only to land back in bed indefinitely, at the time.
A lazy paddle is...emotionally challenging. All I can see is a race course or a workout. My kingdom for a Hudson 1x...
Good start, though.
September 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Fern Lake. Yellow kayak. No filter.
First time back on the water since trying a short row post-Covid, only to land back in bed indefinitely, at the time.
A lazy paddle is...emotionally challenging. All I can see is a race course or a workout. My kingdom for a Hudson 1x...
Good start, though.
First time back on the water since trying a short row post-Covid, only to land back in bed indefinitely, at the time.
A lazy paddle is...emotionally challenging. All I can see is a race course or a workout. My kingdom for a Hudson 1x...
Good start, though.
First time sitting and listening to a sourdough loaf crackle on the cooling rack... 🤯
September 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
First time sitting and listening to a sourdough loaf crackle on the cooling rack... 🤯
This one touches on it a bit, but it really goes back even further. Start with Nixon.
September 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This one touches on it a bit, but it really goes back even further. Start with Nixon.
My Westie has graduated to off-leash play in the yard.
(He's 4, but we moved from city to country and he's still a terrier, so the leash is always an option.)
(He's 4, but we moved from city to country and he's still a terrier, so the leash is always an option.)
September 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My Westie has graduated to off-leash play in the yard.
(He's 4, but we moved from city to country and he's still a terrier, so the leash is always an option.)
(He's 4, but we moved from city to country and he's still a terrier, so the leash is always an option.)
My college bestie is (a) the diehard Sportsball Guy behind my love for the Orioles, and (b) a girl dad.
He still answers every sportsball question I ask promptly, sometimes with prejudice.
He still answers every sportsball question I ask promptly, sometimes with prejudice.
September 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My college bestie is (a) the diehard Sportsball Guy behind my love for the Orioles, and (b) a girl dad.
He still answers every sportsball question I ask promptly, sometimes with prejudice.
He still answers every sportsball question I ask promptly, sometimes with prejudice.
Cheesy latkes for dinner.
I used to make these with leftover mashed potatoes because my ex's nana made them that way.
But Nana was a Brit Of A Certain Age, and, though she was an absolutely wonderful woman, she was no kind of cook.
I used to make these with leftover mashed potatoes because my ex's nana made them that way.
But Nana was a Brit Of A Certain Age, and, though she was an absolutely wonderful woman, she was no kind of cook.
August 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Cheesy latkes for dinner.
I used to make these with leftover mashed potatoes because my ex's nana made them that way.
But Nana was a Brit Of A Certain Age, and, though she was an absolutely wonderful woman, she was no kind of cook.
I used to make these with leftover mashed potatoes because my ex's nana made them that way.
But Nana was a Brit Of A Certain Age, and, though she was an absolutely wonderful woman, she was no kind of cook.
Love this!
I kept enlarging our garden in CA, but moving back to Vermont means everyone has a garden and sharing is sometimes...weaponized. 😂
I kept enlarging our garden in CA, but moving back to Vermont means everyone has a garden and sharing is sometimes...weaponized. 😂
August 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Love this!
I kept enlarging our garden in CA, but moving back to Vermont means everyone has a garden and sharing is sometimes...weaponized. 😂
I kept enlarging our garden in CA, but moving back to Vermont means everyone has a garden and sharing is sometimes...weaponized. 😂
This sequel begins with and relies so heavily on tender, clever correspondence between the characters that it's making me hate this internet age more than is proper, given the last 25 years of my life.
#booksky
#booksky
August 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This sequel begins with and relies so heavily on tender, clever correspondence between the characters that it's making me hate this internet age more than is proper, given the last 25 years of my life.
#booksky
#booksky
The Wasp-verse cometh.
August 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The Wasp-verse cometh.
Summer Eating Plan:
Pick food
Cook food
Eat food
Pick food
Cook food
Eat food
August 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Summer Eating Plan:
Pick food
Cook food
Eat food
Pick food
Cook food
Eat food
Farm Flicks on a Friday night.
August 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Farm Flicks on a Friday night.
TOO REAL.
I did not get zuked in public; I stopped by my aunt's for coffee and she filled a bag with fresh-picked produce while I used her bathroom. 😂
Her garden is 2wks ahead of mine, so I don't actually mind.
/me googles "air fryer zucchini sticks"
I did not get zuked in public; I stopped by my aunt's for coffee and she filled a bag with fresh-picked produce while I used her bathroom. 😂
Her garden is 2wks ahead of mine, so I don't actually mind.
/me googles "air fryer zucchini sticks"
August 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
TOO REAL.
I did not get zuked in public; I stopped by my aunt's for coffee and she filled a bag with fresh-picked produce while I used her bathroom. 😂
Her garden is 2wks ahead of mine, so I don't actually mind.
/me googles "air fryer zucchini sticks"
I did not get zuked in public; I stopped by my aunt's for coffee and she filled a bag with fresh-picked produce while I used her bathroom. 😂
Her garden is 2wks ahead of mine, so I don't actually mind.
/me googles "air fryer zucchini sticks"
The view from home: Post-storm fog in the valley at sunset in south central Vermont.
Honestly, it's no wonder I fell in love with SF and Oakland.
#KarltheFog
Honestly, it's no wonder I fell in love with SF and Oakland.
#KarltheFog
July 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The view from home: Post-storm fog in the valley at sunset in south central Vermont.
Honestly, it's no wonder I fell in love with SF and Oakland.
#KarltheFog
Honestly, it's no wonder I fell in love with SF and Oakland.
#KarltheFog
Ugh.
1. The neighbor is clearly the killer.
2. I am never taking a recommendation from this library assistant again.
1. The neighbor is clearly the killer.
2. I am never taking a recommendation from this library assistant again.
July 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ugh.
1. The neighbor is clearly the killer.
2. I am never taking a recommendation from this library assistant again.
1. The neighbor is clearly the killer.
2. I am never taking a recommendation from this library assistant again.
I threw together a crumble with blackberries from my yard and maple syrup given by my own trees. Cabot vanilla Greek yogurt is local by default.
A. I don't even know me anymore.
B. I am a crumble of all other past mes.
C. Needs more butter.
D. All of the above
A. I don't even know me anymore.
B. I am a crumble of all other past mes.
C. Needs more butter.
D. All of the above
July 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I threw together a crumble with blackberries from my yard and maple syrup given by my own trees. Cabot vanilla Greek yogurt is local by default.
A. I don't even know me anymore.
B. I am a crumble of all other past mes.
C. Needs more butter.
D. All of the above
A. I don't even know me anymore.
B. I am a crumble of all other past mes.
C. Needs more butter.
D. All of the above
Oh, shit.
I know this cox.
Did not expect goosebumps from "Lessons in Chemistry."
God, I miss this.
#eastbayrowingclub
#rowing
#crew
I know this cox.
Did not expect goosebumps from "Lessons in Chemistry."
God, I miss this.
#eastbayrowingclub
#rowing
#crew
July 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Oh, shit.
I know this cox.
Did not expect goosebumps from "Lessons in Chemistry."
God, I miss this.
#eastbayrowingclub
#rowing
#crew
I know this cox.
Did not expect goosebumps from "Lessons in Chemistry."
God, I miss this.
#eastbayrowingclub
#rowing
#crew