Jam Gen Pets: Catmail

“Oof,” I hear myself exhale as I startle awake to an abrupt expulsion of air from my lungs. Our cat… Read more Jam Gen Pets: Catmail

Jam Gen Parenting: Boys’ Weekend

I am the product of a matriarchy – my mother, her sisters, my sister. My father and my late husband… Read more Jam Gen Parenting: Boys’ Weekend

(As dictated to Marina) My name isn’t actually Riley, but it might as well be. After all, I live the… Read more Jam Gen Pets: The Life of Riley

Confession time: I’m not a trendy person. I don’t stand in line for hours, let alone days, to get the… Read more Jam Gen Love: Living Apart Together

No doubt about it – 2020 has been a crappy year. Hope I haven’t offended anyone with that blunt assessment.… Read more Jam Gen’s 2020 Gift Guide for the Holidays

For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful. Amen. My sons half recite, half… Read more Jam Gen Parenting: The Gift of Gratitude

For those of you who have spent any time in corporate life, at some point you have likely been subjected… Read more Jam Gen Health: Stress Assessment

I am watching from afar as my sister and many friends plant their gardens in 2020. The ongoing pandemic and… Read more Jam Gen Outdoors: Gardening Generation Gap

Mmm, chocolate. Dark, rich, flavourful. A taste of the exotic, the beans grown in tropical countries (think Ivory Coast, Ghana… Read more Jam Gen Food: The Four Seasons of Chocolate