Jennifer Jordan

Yes, I would take it further and say they couldn't run a lemonade stand, which has far fewer regulations.

The Trump administration slashed staff at two tribal colleges. Students are suing. Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute each initially lost about 20% of their staff.

This article details how Haskell and SIPI's funding has been slashed, students are suing the feds, and both schools are run by the Interior Department. www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

Tribal Colleges Brace for Shift to Interior Department The U.S. Department of the Interior is going to take over managing tribal college funds as the Education Department sheds many of its programs. College leaders are worried.

The govt cites Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute as being under the Interior Department as evidence that they have the capacity to be in charge of tribal colleges, but SIPI's funding has been slashed. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

I deleted my Spotify account instead. Mwahahhaha!

A large black and white cat lays on the chest of a lady wearing glasses and a very bright peach/pink sweater.

I am the cat lady.

Part 2: Tips for sending out your CNF This blog post is the second in a series where I am sharing advice with some of my graduate students in a creative nonfiction workshop. One outcome of this course is that students develop an essay …

Here's part two, basically what to do while you wait to hear back from editors. My advice of not being neurotic is based on my own downward spiraling post-submission. It takes a village to grow a writer. jenniferjordanwrites.com/2025/12/02/p...
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Tips for Publishing Your CNF I am teaching a graduate creative nonfiction class this semester, and an outcome of this course is that students will have a draft that they have revised three times and they will send it out to pl…

I wrote these blog posts for my students in a graduate creative nonfiction writing class, but I think they could be helpful to other writers looking to send out their writing for publication. Here's part one: jenniferjordanwrites.com/2025/11/25/t...
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Thank you 😊

Two homemade pies, one apple and one pumpkin topped with snowflake-shaped dough cut-outs and sugared cranberries

It is pie o'clock. I made these with my two hands and lots of butter.

This is true as well.

I wouldn't mind a deep dish pie crust. But pizza sauce, weird. Cheese, no.

I wondered the same thing, like was she still married to the brother. Hmmm...

Yes, thank you! I took him to the vet a few hours later and got him on antibiotics.

Milo the white pit lab mix with a wound on his face.

Hole where a dog busted theough my fence.

An offleash 80 lb bulldog mixed with some larger breed busted his face through my fence while my dogs were barking. Then my boy Milo and the intruder started playing tug of war with each other's flesh. This is an Albuqerque story. Leash your dogs asshats.

Experiential learning

😆

The escape room is Bluesky

Salty garbage, yes.

Shadows of two people against a rock. One shadow holds a cell phone. The other shadow makes a peace symbol with his hands. The shadows are agajnst a rock and some cactus.

Desert selfie

I agree ❤️

I had never been on this trail. It's so easy to get to the trailhead from Candelaria. Climbing up was a challenge 😆

View from a rocky cliff looking out onto Albuqerque. Lots of rocks, bushes, sunlight, a white cloud on the horizon and lots of blue sky.

Went on a hike today in the Sandia Mountain foothills.

Trees with leaves that are red, orange, and green. Blue sky up top. Gravel and sidewalk cover the ground.

Sun behind a yellow leafed tree, grass in the foreground, blue sky and wisps of clouds in the background.

The trees are saying good morning.

Green grass, a tree with yellow leaves, some maples in the background glowing red, and sunbeams stretching across the bright, blue sky.

Autumn in New Mexico and all its colors.

Character limits would exercise his deteriorating brain.

Character limits at Truth Social are out of control

a white polar bear is standing in a pile of hay . Alt: a white polar bear is standing in a pile of hay and walking backward into a forest den.

Hibernation mode ignited.

Yes!

That's all you buddy 😂