Archive - Jane’s Calamity

A supposedly fun thing I'm about to do

It's a cruise. I'm going on a cruise.

Jun 21 •

I'm a loser, baby.

(But please don't kill me.) I just feel like I'm...losing things.

Jun 9 •

May 2025

You look like you could use a coach.

I now offer 5 valuable coaching services, including parental sarcasm, book coaching, and hiking snobbery.

May 23 •

Old lady rants about AI, eats gruel

People's brains are atrophying, nobody cares that generative AI is theft, and we're all going to die.

May 15 •

April 2025

Five books to make you laugh

Because God knows we could use them right about now

Apr 28 •

We all need a little shelter from the storm.

I've had mine for as long as I can remember. What's yours?

Apr 8 •

March 2025

The story has changed

We're being force-fed a new American narrative—and our homo sapiens minds are spinning.

Mar 16 •

February 2025

Six upsides of an empty nest—I hope

I'm trying to look on the bright side of my kids heading off to college.

Feb 25 •

It's the rainforest all over again

I can't NOT do something while our country spirals. But does it actually help?

Feb 9 •

January 2025

I've got a few executive orders of my own

Two can play at this game, a**hole.

Jan 22 •

Soviet summer camp, Trump voters, and me

Why I'm reframing the way I think about (some of) my fellow citizens

Jan 10 •

December 2024

The doctors are younger than me now

And my kids are legally adults. I feel officially middle-aged—and it's OK.

Dec 30, 2024 •

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