# jacobson (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover jacobson. Page: Feed: --- ## [Evening of August 20, 2026](https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/08/evening-of-august-20-2026.html) _2026-08-21 · Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) · Five Fleas Itchy Poetry_ anything you say think can and will be used against you ~Barrie Levine nautilus shell shaped by the waves my third ear ~Ron Scully sand fleas looking for some shade to touch down ~Ron Scully bangingmyheadagainstthewall a love story ~Stephanie Zepherelli causing a flap boxes opened upside down ~Stephanie Zepherelli a map of everything she has survived grandma’s face ~Stephanie Zepherelli electric… ## [You cannot escape your past](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/08/16/book-the-hidden-one/) _2026-08-16 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson The Hidden One, is the fourteenth Kate Burkholder thriller. Once again Kate’s past is the reason she’s sought. Three Amish men (a bishop, a deacon, and a minister) from a small Pennsylvania village show up in her office asking for her help for one of their flock. Jonas Bowman has been arrested … Continue reading You cannot escape your past ## [Afternoon of August 16, 2026](https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/08/afternoon-of-august-26-2026.html) _2026-08-16 · Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) · Five Fleas Itchy Poetry_ error 404 — the bird’s nest in the satellite dish ~Jacek Margolak zoom call — my cat’s tail presenting ~Jacek Margolak delivery notice — the box already empty ~Jacek Margolak don't make me the punchline, i'm not here to be your joke. ~linda m. crate i'm a moonflower but the world only remembers sunflowers. ~linda m. crate don't miss me now my ghost is meant to haunt you. ~linda m. crate waiting… ## [Afternoon of August 14, 2026](https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/08/afternoon-of-august-13-2026.html) _2026-08-14 · Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) · Five Fleas Itchy Poetry_ bare bodkin fair point ~Jerome Berglund don't wanna know but need to ~Jerome Berglund in a fair and comely shape peacock tarantula ~Jerome Berglund solar eclipse dark shadows on my wall ~Bernadette O'Reilly mathematics one way the universe converses with me ~Tejendra Sherchan got no time to learn about wolves in the forest picking us off ~Jerome Berglund universal monsters nothing more dangerous… ## [A FASCINATION WITH THE EAST](https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/a-fascination-with-the-east) _2026-08-12 · Blog_ During her Museum and Heritage Studies placement at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden in June 2026, Claire Ranby took a particular interest in the interior decoration of Katherine Mansfield House & Garden and what it can tell us about trends at the end of the Victorian era and beginning of the 20th century. ## [Afternoon of August 11, 2026](https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/08/afternoon-of-august-11-2026.html) _2026-08-11 · Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) · Five Fleas Itchy Poetry_ W ind Chimes ~Michael Lee Johnson The wind chimes, silver-tongued on the balcony today, different sounds— cool, metallic laughter— in all different directions. My thoughts chase after them ~Michael Lee Johnson graveside service blowing across the cemetery a dropped tissue ~John J. Dunphy swallowing fear a biscuit afraid for the throat ~Peter Jastermsky this could be anything what she meant by… ## [Following your dreams can be rough](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/08/10/book-fallen/) _2026-08-10 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson Fallen, is the thirteenth Kate Burkholder thriller, this time exploring the dangers of following one’s dreams. Kate isn’t the only one who left the Amish community when she approached the critical decision point of whether or not to be baptized. In Kate’s case, she never was. Rachael Schwartz was another young woman Continue reading Following your dreams can be rough ## [Afternoon of August 7, 2026](https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/08/afternoon-of-august-7-2026.html) _2026-08-07 · Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) · Five Fleas Itchy Poetry_ if you want to know ask the two-toed sloth ~Richard Magahiz who cancelled this sky, chained the rain? must've been us ~Richard Magahiz endless throughout the day a bird strived to measure the sky throughout the night the horizon continued to droop as a dream in the nest ~O.P. Jha Darkness is only light without witnesses. ~Manasa Reddy moon? or a porthole in the ship of night ~Anne Fox Big Choices… ## [Afternoon of August 3, 2026](https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/08/afternoonof-august-3-2026.html) _2026-08-03 · Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) · Five Fleas Itchy Poetry_ Rem Is the word I couldn’t remember because I didn't sleep enough. ~Keith Snow deadline the cat on my keyboard ~Joshua St. Claire devolving into dactyls mountains of the moon ~ Joshua St. Claire Muppet theater box seats I’ve become a grumpy old codger ~Randy Brooks Fierce Pelicans Five white pelicans stand on a rock in the river looking like they’re holding down an alligator hoping it will drown.… ## [The past matters](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/07/28/book-outsider/) _2026-07-29 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson The twelfth Kate Burkholder novel, Outsider, delves into Kate’s more recent past. The Prologue starts with a deadly and graphic raid where the target, Gina Colorosa, barely escapes. Gina is the person who helped Kate the most when she first left the plain life. At present though, Gina has troubles, and she Continue reading The past matters ## [Anthony Ettinger on LinkedIn (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/H1Ahc57caPuw) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Public LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/anthonyettinger. ## [Afternoon of July 28, 2026](https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/07/afternoon-of-july-28-2026.html) _2026-07-28 · Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) · Five Fleas Itchy Poetry_ body-shaming the ugliness of beauty magazines ~words and image: Debbie Strange girl full of songs when the music fades away, who is left inside me? i am a girl full of songs. ~linda m. crate a sparrow hops through the link in the dog park fence ~Noah Berlatsky vernal equinox wheezing life slowly ~Sheikha A. brandmarking what isn't theirs socio-elitists ~Sheikha A. thunderbolt island-domes of jelly… ## [Afternoon of July 26, 2026](https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/07/afternoon-of-july-26-2026.html) _2026-07-26 · Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) · Five Fleas Itchy Poetry_ the writer's diagnosis his life enters its final chapter ~John J. Dunphy bookmarked the pages where i grew up ~Mona Bedi \*Mitch\* Your obstructions are being obstructed to death. ~Noah Berlatsky divorce wife awarded both burial plots ~John J. Dunphy armed with nothing but a bassoon she fires a single note at the Ghost of Christmas Past ~Roberta Beach Jacobson moths forever never ever butterflies… ## [Morning of July 24, 2026](https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/07/morning-of-july-24-2026.html) _2026-07-24 · Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) · Five Fleas Itchy Poetry_ threshold wasps still dreaming of the picket fence ~Kelly Sauvage Moyer sunrise the pursed lips of an opossum ~Kelly Sauvage Moyer tidal algae clinging to sorrow ~Bruce H. Feingold river walk prayers so thick you can catch ‘em with a net ~Kelly Sauvage Moyer like tinkerbell i need you to believe in me, otherwise i may fade from being. ~linda m. crate the moon knows all of my secrets, but she… ## [Writing can be therapeutic](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/07/23/writing-can-be-therapeutic/) _2026-07-23 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson I’ve kept a journal since I was a child, although in recent years I’ve not made many entries. In some ways, the essays I write have taken its place helping me delve into things that I’m thinking about. Sometimes that means writing up thoughts on books I’ve just read or delving into Continue reading Writing can be therapeutic ## [Afternoon of July 21, 2026](https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/07/afternoon-of-july-21-2026.html) _2026-07-21 · Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) · Five Fleas Itchy Poetry_ Blueprints I fed sparrows. They returned with architectural drawings. ~Travis Park Museum of Air Please do not touch the empty spaces. Some are original. ~Travis Park Weather Returned The umbrella came home with the wrong rain. ~Travis Park Way Out The exit has been framed as another exhibit. ~Travis Park a colossus cat pushes everything over the edge flat earth ~Kimberly Kuchar You have no deaths… ## [Gossip and faulty assumptions can backfire](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/07/20/book-shamed/) _2026-07-20 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson In Linda Castillo’s eleventh Kate Burkholder novel, Shamed, the Amish don’t always get it right even when their intentions are noble. Seven years before the main story takes place, something happened in the middle of the night that would later haunt a family in Painters Mill although the story doesn’t start there. Continue reading Gossip and faulty assumptions can backfire ## [Vigilantism is not the way to go](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/07/11/book-a-gathering-of-secrets/) _2026-07-11 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson Linda Castillo’s tenth Kate Burkholder novel is A Gathering of Secrets. This time the Amish community goes full vigilante trying to right a horrible wrong. The prologue begins with the suicide of a young woman on the cusp of adulthood with her whole life ahead of her, though it takes some time Continue reading Vigilantism is not the way to go ## [KATHERINE MANSFIELD'S QUEER IDENTITY](https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/katherine-mansfields-queer-identity) _2026-07-08 · Blog_ Wellington writer Joy Holley reflects on Katherine Mansfield's statement 'I'm a writer first and a woman after' in light of her queer identity. ## [Childhood impressions stick around](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/07/03/book-down-a-dark-road/) _2026-07-04 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson Linda Castillo’s ninth Kate Burkholder novel is Down a Dark Road. This time, Kate finds herself face-to-face with an old childhood friend in a desperate situation. The Prologue starts out two years earlier detailing the commission of a horrific crime. Kate’s childhood friend, Joseph King, was tried, convicted, and sent to prison Continue reading Childhood impressions stick around ## [The US at 250](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/06/29/the-us-at-250/) _2026-06-30 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson We are quickly approaching the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. That should be cause for celebration. 250 years ago, the fledgling colonies did something momentous. They threw off the bonds of tyranny and royal rule and emphatically declared that they were to be self-governing. They weren’t without discord, Continue reading The US at 250 ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dhKmBEhmCo5O) _2026-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [The dangers of being on the inside](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/06/21/book-among-the-wicked/) _2026-06-21 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson Linda Castillo’s eighth Kate Burkholder novel is Among the Wicked. This time, Kate goes undercover back into the plain life. After Rachel Esh, a fifteen-year-old Amish girl, is found frozen to death in the woods near a small rural New York town, Ohio BCI agents John Tomasetti and Lawrence Bates along with Continue reading The dangers of being on the inside ## [Why be good?](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/06/19/why-be-good/) _2026-06-20 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson I’ve long held that it doesn’t take faith for somebody to be good, or more to the point, to be a good person. What exactly is a good person though? Realistically a good person is one who treats others with respect and who sees beyond their own nose striving to do what Continue reading Why be good? ## [Dangers abound from nature and from man](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/06/15/book-after-the-storm/) _2026-06-15 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson Linda Castillo’s seventh Kate Burkholder novel is After the Storm. In a sense, this book feels like a brief respite from the shocking crimes that Castillo has brought forth in the series so far, at least early on. Of course, when Kate Burkholder is involved things get complicated rather quickly. The book Continue reading Dangers abound from nature and from man ## [KATHERINE MANSFIELD AND OLD ST PAUL'S](https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/katherine-mansfield-and-old-st-pauls) _2026-06-05 · Blog_ Old St Paul’s celebrates its 160th anniversary on 6 June 2026. To mark the occasion, Katherine Mansfield House & Garden Director Cherie Jacobson looks at the connection between Katherine Mansfield and this very special Wellington building. ## [A VISIT TO AVON AND FONTAINEBLEAU](https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/a-visit-to-avon-and-fontainebleau) _2026-01-09 · Blog_ Katherine Mansfield House & Garden Director Cherie Jacobson shares her experience of visiting the places where Mansfield spent the last few months of her life and was laid to rest. ## [TALKING BOOKS WITH EMILY PERKINS](https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/talking-books-with-emily-perkins) _2024-09-16 · Blog_ On Tuesday 3 September 2024 we hosted award-winning writer Emily Perkins for a memorable fundraising event to support Katherine Mansfield House & Garden. Here are some of the books and writers she mentioned.