About
Jennifer Schmitt
Welcome! This place is my online home, and I’m very glad you stopped by.
I live in Maryland, where I’m a freelance writer. I write about a lot of things – the family I’ve made for myself, the family who made me, moments that stop me in my tracks, and the long drives that reset my compass.
Things for which I have a soft spot: long drives, meteor showers, dive bars, good music, Lyle Lovett, wild violets, wild places, whole days where I never get out of my pajamas, fireflies, historic preservation, my Frye harness boots, Steve Earle, and free speech.
If you’re new here, a good place to start is Best of Thursday Drive.
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Beautiful country! You’re lucky!
What a good idea. I relish time alone in the car, just me and my CDs.
You look so much like my friend, Meredith, that I liked you on sight.
Hey visit us. You will be surprised at our affordability. http://www.HistoricNearWestside.com Have a good day.
I just found you (because YOU found ME!) and I’m very much looking forward to coming back.
Warmly,
Chili
Shhh…Here is a secret. I find myself completely attracted to Ed Harris too!
I too have a strange attraction to Tony Soprano.
Hey there just reading your blog! And it is awesome! This is Carrie from Ballet/old Church! =) You are an amazing women!!!
Talk to you soon!
Hey, traveling and the road is our thing. Hence the name Texas Travelers.
Nice Blog,
Troy
NEVER give up your Thursdays! It may be your lifeline to sanity!
Love your blog – glad I found you and I will be back!
Cheers:-))
Jerry in Tampa
hi there,
I found you through Madge. It’s nice to meet someone else in Arizona!
Best wishes, and I’ll be back to read more again soon.
saris last blog post..
Were you at Target in Huntsville AL yesterday pm?
You sure look familiar, but then you also mention AZ –
Have a Happy Halloween and Wonderful Weekend.
Wasn’t me – you’re right, we do live in Arizona.
Thanks for stopping by here!
Jennifer, I like your style. Your prose is striking, and by that I mean clear and bold: you don’t hide your meaning behind flowery words. And yet looking at your selection of quotes, the poems you posted as favorites, and the phrases you weave into your narratives, it’s obvious that you care not only about expressing your ideas clearly but about expressing them attractively. That mixture of caring, clarity, and competence in expression is the gift of a talented writer.
As a reader that is (contrary to your Prologue assumption) on the perimeter of your life, I would like to ask about the “Fears and Events and Prayers” saga: which part is fact, which part fiction?
Also, why have I never heard your sister referred to as “Ducky”? Knowing that would have made high school ever so much more fun…
Oh, and one more thing: in-between the moonrise and the moonset is, well, the moonshine, right? Isn’t that where the real kick is?
FEP is all true, every word of it. It’s her book that has the fiction.
Lucky for me, I hadn’t a nephew in high school. The nickname is only about seven years old, and comes from not being able to say my name (it was the last of several attempts, and we made it stick).