In this episode of Jacqui Just Chatters, hostess Jacqui Lents shares four vacation stories from various authors, each providing a unique and entertaining take on vacation experiences. From Hillary Booton's amusing sunburn tale, Julie Jacobs' rejuvenating trip to Maui, Susan Rashid Horne's serene discovery of "Going Beach," to Michelle Turner's humorous international restroom adventures, listeners are treated to a delightful array of storytelling. Jacqui announces an upcoming special 100th episode with guest host Kara Infante.
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Hillary Booton is not a regular writer, instead a hard working mom of three daughters, continuing her education at night. Thank you, Hillary, for sharing this with us.
Julie Jacob is a communications professional and part-time freelance writer who lives in Wisconsin. Her essays have appeared in Midwest Prairie Review, On Wisconsin, Under the Sun, and several issues of the TallGrass Writers Guild annual anthology. A compilation of her essays, Two States of Single: Essays on Family, Love, and Living Solo, is available on Kindle.
Julie Jacob’s anthology - https://www.amazon.com/Two-States-Single-Essays-Family/dp/1732597316
Susan Rashid Horn, has a couple of degrees in art, but after using them to find work first as a waitress, an insurance adjuster, a summer stock actor, and then as a starving artist, she decided to find a steady job in advertising. She kept at that for nearly two decades, but finally decided to return to school to earn a PhD in English—another high-paying field. Degree in hand, she did a complete about-face and taught writing at a university. When she eventually retired, she began volunteering as a refugee mentor, a reader for the blind, and a food pantry volunteer. Susan recently completed a memoir; currently she is working on a novel about three generations of a family that tells stories, but keeps secrets.
Michelle Turner is a mother and grandmother and works as an agriculture conservationist. Over the years, she has written conservation and environmental articles for various newspapers and radio shows. As a member of the Eastern Iowa Writer's Guild and The Iowa Poetry Association, Michelle has published poems in several Lyrical Iowa volumes. She particularly enjoys writing humorous poems for children. Western life poetry is also a favorite genre and she has published poems with the National Cowboy Poetry Association.
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Music used for this episode includes –
Ratatouille's Kitchen - Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound
Always – Nesrality
Passacaglia – Calvin Clavier
Calm River - Lesfm
Happy Whistling Ukulele - Lesfm
Far From the City – Good B Music
Mykasha Rainbow In the City – Illia Reznikov
Happy Family Life - Top Flow
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