The Feed

The Worry and Work of Love

When life is imagined and then created, there’s no telling or predicting the sojourns that little soul will take throughout its journey....

Jesse Robinson

Aug 31, 20214 min read

I felt you. They whispered in my ear when you made your home in me. I knew it was you because my heart sank, and my skin started to...

Jesse Robinson

Aug 15, 20216 min read

I see you there. You’d blend in if it weren’t for my pain being able to spot yours. To the naked eye, you’re just motioning us all past...

Jesse Robinson

Aug 12, 20217 min read

Through these awfully bizarre times, I’ve tried on a number of ideas for my future self. Writer. Peacekeeper. Bridge builder. Homeschool...

Jesse Robinson

Mar 19, 20216 min read

When our dog Ziggy was a very little puppy, we took him to the local animal feed store for some treats and toys. We piled pig ears and...

Jesse Robinson

Mar 19, 202110 min read

I wonder how much of my girlhood I own. Is it mine to give away? If I don’t lie down with the boys who try to make me, am I still a girl?...

Jesse Robinson

Mar 19, 20216 min read

I heard a quote from a beautiful woman once who described a favorite song on her playlist as “something I play when I’m really feeling...

Jesse Robinson

Mar 19, 20217 min read

Ever wonder how I came to be your witness? Your triggers and your trauma deemed it so. You sped off from our 1920s bungalow on Herbert...

Jesse Robinson

Mar 19, 20218 min read