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Janet Isserlis

all the things

the playbook tells you not to do, I did.

4 min readSep 12, 2022

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all the things

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Janet Isserlis

obituary assignment

I’m studying to become an end of life doula, a role that comprises part event planner, translator, facilitator, listener, interpreter…

3 min readMay 2, 2022

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iris blossom in front of woman in sleeveless green shirt

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Janet Isserlis

regret

You know that goofy airplane magazine advert for the dating service, It’s just lunch? The implicit promise — low threat, high return…

6 min readMay 2, 2022

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newspaper clipping: If you could change one decision you made in the past, what would it be?

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Janet Isserlis

actively dieing

I’ve seen this. we’ve seen this.

2 min readFeb 9, 2020

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actively dieing

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Janet Isserlis

taylor

how I see dead people:

1 min readJan 26, 2020

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taylor

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Janet Isserlis

first day

I deleted the very long string of his sibling’s texts. five years back they go. had gone. went.

1 min readJan 2, 2020

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Janet Isserlis

transition object: black socks

not a trophy

2 min readDec 17, 2019

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photo of two legs; short black sock on the left, longer one on the right

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Janet Isserlis

saturday (night) at the twist and shout

(with apologies to Mary Chapin Carpenter)

3 min readNov 20, 2019

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Janet Isserlis

he took a shower, and the Scottish play

the big nurse swishes herself into the room in her Sunday talking to the back of the room going to church voice. draws the thin curtain…

7 min readMay 13, 2019

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he took a shower, and the Scottish play

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Janet Isserlis

executive function

Here’s some shit. A person receives a phone call at his long-dead father’s house about a job in Ithaca opening for another person at a…

1 min readApr 28, 2018

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Janet Isserlis

Janet Isserlis

adult educator, literacy worker. living beside dementia, anger, despots and love. trying to write myself out of the hole we’ve dug ourselves into

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