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Surviving an Orca Attack: The Tumbleweed Graduation Speech
All the life advice you need to stay comfortably nestled in the Permanent Underclass.
 • Jenny Shank
Enchiladas are the Answer
Have you considered a trip to New Mexico? Plus, a Broncos-themed rapper named The Mad Fanatic is encountered and The Overtourist now speaks Catalan.
 • Jenny Shank
How to Not Lose It
Chasing mindfulness, watching my mailbox for unsolicited seeds, and the Southwest Books of the Year at the Tucson Festival of Books!
 • Jenny Shank
How Awe-Inspiring Olympic Snowboarding Eased my Grumpiness about Accelerating Change
Plus new books and movies about technology, robots, and headaches.
 • Jenny Shank
Curioser and Curioser: How Curiosity Makes Life Better
Casa Bonita reigns supreme, Jamal Murray gets a mole-themed tribute, and literary events galore.
 • Jenny Shank
The Fourth Annual Jenfolk Book Awards
Four years into this, and no Jen has stopped me yet.
 • Jenny Shank
Surround Yourself with Inspiring People or Consider Becoming One Yourself: How I Ran Near Olympic Medalists Yared Nuguse and Frank Shorter
Plus, book recommendations, a new class, and Bronco-shaped chicken nuggets!
 • Jenny Shank
The Tumbleweed
Every month The Tumbleweed blows in with inspiration, thoughts on art, writing, and creativity, book recommendations, and assorted whimsy.
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