A Closer Look: Jody Paterson

I'm a communications strategist and writer with a journalism background, a drifter's spirit, and a growing sense of alarm at where this world is going. I am happiest when writing pieces that identify, contextualize and background societal problems big and small in hopes of helping us at least slow our deepening crises.

Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Hang on - is that a convenient marriage you've got there?

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Pixabay image: Snapito Studio Woe is us if a “marriage of convenience” ever started to define other important matters in a person’s life bey...
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Monday, September 16, 2024

Lock 'em up: Everything old is new again

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Image by  Gerd Altmann  from  Pixabay And just like that, institutionalization is back.  My head is in a whirl. After untold hours of my ear...
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Thursday, August 29, 2024

So you think you want to be a housesitter...

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https://pixabay.com/users/sinousxl-7554155/ People who have been gone from home for a while often say some version of "I can't wait...
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Friday, August 02, 2024

A family's need to believe their son's innocence extended his jail time by 20 years

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  愚木混株 Cdd20  from  Pixabay Once upon a time, I got captivated by the story of Derik Lord, whose absolute denial of having anything to do wi...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Mom, you could have told me

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I had a DNA surprise about eight months ago.  I'd done the test, my second, only because I wanted to have my DNA results on the same pla...
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