Category Archives: working from home

This Social Distance

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Andrea Jones

I didn’t know there was a name for my quirky lifestyle. Practical logistics dictated by our choice to move to a distinctly rural and reasonably remote area in the spring of 2001 amplified the tendency to social distance, but I’ve … Continue reading →

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Leaving Words at Home

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Andrea Jones

I often say I write about my home place, but that’s not true all the time. The book project currently consuming my writing energy, for example, is about scientific literacy. (Though it might far afield from the natural history and … Continue reading →

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Rooted

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Andrea Jones

One of the side effects of abundant solitary time is an inclination toward idiosyncratic projects. If my husband were not spending his weekdays provisioning Coloradoans with wine, he might kindly suggest that I stick with tasks that are either of … Continue reading →

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Notes from the At-Home Writing Retreat

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Andrea Jones

When my husband decided in October that he’d be making a quick trip out of town in early December, I immediately knew what I’d be doing that weekend: an at-home writing retreat. Credit for my inspiration belongs to Linda Hasselstrom, … Continue reading →

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Reading Season

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Andrea Jones

The pattern makes sense: that these winter months are a time of retreat, a withdrawal of sorts from the outdoor domain of wild that orients a significant part of my life. The weather is cold and even if it’s not—even … Continue reading →

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Wear and Tear

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Andrea Jones

For the past couple of years, I’ve pulled my barn coat off the hanger for the first time each fall and thought, I gotta get a new coat. But then I’d think, Nah…it’ll go one more year. The holes in … Continue reading →

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Home, New-Old

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Andrea Jones

We moved into this house back in March, 2003, twelve years ago this month. Which, when I think about it, is longer than I’ve ever lived in any other house. If I do the math, it turns out I’ve spent … Continue reading →

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Homebody on the Road

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Andrea Jones

I don’t get out much. This is intentional and by nature. I enjoy the vast good fortune of a life that revolves around a home place in a beautiful natural setting. I work from home, and my husband and I … Continue reading →

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Out and About

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Andrea Jones

Although it hasn’t happened in a while, there have been times since settling in at our place in central Colorado when I think back over the past week and realize that I haven’t left the property in six or seven … Continue reading →

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