Emily Jacobi

Summer comes to my homeland. So do I. Green that spreads so far it feels like it will never end. That’s summer in the midwest, when the rains are plentiful. Row upon row of plants, field upon field of crops, hay, grazing land. Barns. Farmhouses.… Read More

Today I tried so hard to do good work. I really did. But I couldn’t vanquish the demons of distraction. The endless checking of email with no real momentum. The vacuum of social media, Pavlov’s red notification button. It’s not that I don’t have important… Read More

Tomorrow, June 7th, Californians will go to the polls to vote in one of the final primaries of what has been at times exciting, at times infuriating and an all-together unpredictable primary season. I’m not generally one to wear my political preferences on my sleeve,… Read More