HeyJaredDispatches From The Road
A newsletter for those who love to travel, are curious about travel writing, or just enjoy reading thought-provoking, introspective travel essays.
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TikTok Shop and Me (opens the original)
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Until six months ago, I hated all of my clothes. Since I am the sole purchaser of my clothes, you might say I was to blame. That would be fair. But clothes are designed for women who are four inches taller than I, with spirited little boobs and sturdy shoulders. Clothes are not made for my demographics—women in their 40s, Ashkenazi Jews. Yes, I’ve heard of tailors, but getting a pair of $30 pants altered is like buying a car alarm for a beater. Besides, I’ve never known what it would mean to exp
REMINDER: Writing the Braided Essay Zoom class, one week from tonight (opens the original)
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Hi!This is your reminder that I’m offering this one-hour Zoom class in one week, on Tuesday, September 8, at 7 p.m. Central. It’s free for paid subscribers to the newsletter and available to the public for a fee.If you’ve ever wondered how skilled essayists weave something cohesive and beautiful out of several seemingly unrelated subjects, this class is for you. The braided essay is a piece of lyrical writing composed of woven strands. Examples include Jo Ann Beard’s The Fourth State of Matter a
Writing the Braided Essay: a one-hour Zoom class (opens the original)
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Hi!I’m so excited to offer this one-hour Zoom class on Tuesday, September 8, at 7 p.m. Central. It’s free for paid subscribers to the newsletter, and available for a fee to everyone else.If you’ve ever wondered how skilled essayists weave something cohesive and beautiful out of several seemingly unrelated subjects, this class is for you. The braided essay is a piece of lyrical writing composed of woven strands. Examples include Jo Ann Beard’s The Fourth State of Matter, Chloe Cooper Jones’s <a
Bikram (opens the original)
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In my first-ever Bikram yoga class, the instructor promised that all bad feelings, including dizziness and physical pain, would pass as long as I stayed in the room. If I had to end a posture early, I could stand on my mat, breathing in through the nose, out through the mouth. In a pinch, I could sit, spine straight, eyes open. I could even lie down if I had to. I just couldn’t leave, no matter what. I quivered during Triangle and Standing Forehead to Knee, eyes
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