Columns
JESTER Issue
Treasure Hunt
by Valerie Wilkinson
This is the year of my digging out. This is the year that I dig for worth not accumulation, the year that I pound the dirt until I find the glimmer of who I am. It is the time that I again unearth my essence and expose it to the light.
Editing Like a Woman
by Lucinda Nelson Dhavan
Being a foreigner was a tremendous advantage. The men at the desk had been brusque and dismissive with the Indian woman, whose writing and reportorial skills were every bit as good as theirs. She'd occasionally been driven to tears. They couldn't do that with me: I was foreign. I'd dropped out of the sky onto the desk, and they didn't know how to react.
Brian Levitt's Mom
by Caroline Wolfe
I looked at her attractive face, this forty-something woman with a terrific smile. Sitting next to me game after game, who would have known what she had gone through? There was no bitterness in her, no sense of outrage.
JESTER - A fun-loving woman who brings joy into the lives of those she loves. She knows the healing powers of laughter and possesses the secret to enjoying life. Her goal is to live life fully. She accomplishes this by living in the present and savoring the moment. She uses merriment to lighten the load of unpleasant tasks and to defuse conflict. She brings the gifts of happiness and pleasure to the daily lives of those she treasures.