http://slow.writerscafe.org/FMaryJesson The original writings of author F. Mary Jesson en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775985865 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 This is a short memoir of my search for my grandfather. When I first posted this, I had only limited information, but as of June 2016, which you'll see at the end of the original piece, I have more. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1770354/ @font-face { font-family: "ＭＳ 明朝";}@font-face { font-family: "ＭＳ ゴシック";}@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math";}@font-face { font-family: "Calibri";}@font-face { font-family: "Cambria";.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1747042/ Learning to Live with “Others”          Midwaymay have had only a couple dozen humans when I arrived, but it was teeming withlife of all sorts, and not just the protected sea birds. .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1747040/ I'm standing on a street corner about to hail a cab.  I think a cab makes the most sense.  I need to get from point A to B, and cabs, unlike buses, don't stop along the way.  I throw up my hand and shout "Taxi!".I step out into the street and "my" cab sails on by.  "D****t! .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1743944/ Chapter 3The Midway Way         Midwayhad been occupied continuously since the turn of the 20th century when thePacific Cable Company built homes for its workers, the Cable Houses, with twostory verandahs a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1743796/ Unfinished but I thought I'd post in the hopes of some good feedback, http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1743301/ Minute By Minute “Nancy Reagan died?”“Yeah, Ma.” Mom and I were watching the nightly news.  David Muir had just given the rundown oftonight’s stories.  Later in thenewscast, they&rsq.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1743116/ A mother struggling with dementia. A daughter struggling to care for her mother with dementia. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1743113/ @font-face { font-family: "Arial";}@font-face { font-family: "ＭＳ 明朝";}@font-face { font-family: "ＭＳ ゴシック";}@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math";}@font-face { font-family: "Calib.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1743105/ Chapter 1Getting There            It’s not easy to get to Midway.  Then or now.   Itreally is in the middle of nowhere.  Justtry to find it on a map.  There&rsquo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1743101/ IntroductionIs it braveto put everything you own into storage and schlep out to live for possibly twoyears on a remote, tiny island populated with under two dozen people and overtwo million birds?  I don’t think so.  But when I did .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1743097/ This is a rework of a piece I posted titled Life & Times in the Middle of Nowhere. I didn't like my "voice" in the first piece, so I'm trying again http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1743096/ A mother struggling with dementia. A daughter struggling with a mother with dementia. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1738960/ The Wizard  I woke up,Again.It’s just another day to wonder,Who decides,The way a life is supposed to be?Who chooses,The lucky?Who chooses,The fucked? Maybe we’re all assigned a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1738177/ On a slow Saturday at work, I free-wrote these poems. I keep them together like this because 1) it's the order I wrote them, 2) they reflect a range of emotions and thoughts I was feeling that day http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1738176/ “...descended into hell…”  A long way downSuch a very long way downOne little stepJust one little stepSwitch to my mind’s eyeArms widePoint my toe Wind in my faceRushin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1738169/ Millie & My Grandmother Millie was the crazyladyWho lived next door.Dirty and smelly.Slippers all beat up.Two pairs of slacks.At least three blouses.Greasy hair hangingbraids. We were just dumb kids.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1738166/ The Last In Line “We’ll know for the first time,If we’re evil or divine.”         The Last In Line         Dio    .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1737120/ Some thoughts one Valentine's Day a few years ago. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1737117/ My Father’s Grave I stood on my father’s grave And tried to say good-bye. But the wind being high, And the air being cool, I was certain he would not hear me.  S.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1730601/ Thoughts on depression, suicide and getting past both. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1730254/ A short essay on being an atheist in a Catholic school http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1729309/ A psychological sci-fi thriller about a brilliant scientist who becomes trapped in his own mind. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/FMaryJesson/1729296/