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the jeanSpace
by Jean Pace
This podcast is based on personal essays written for my WordPress blog. I'm particularly interested in the creative process, writing, reading, music, autism, and family life. I include the essay and a little context about what inspired it, as well as other things I learned as I wrote.
Episodes
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Beach Boy
I catch a glimpse of Achilleus--maybe! #theIliad #beaches #nantasketbeach #hullmassachusetts #humor #vacations #selfcare Find the original and other essays here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/beach-boy/ Music: Sarabande Pebble Beach, Peace Reels Malin's Song, Sum Wave I do and I...
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The Spelling Bee
I learn what eclairecissement means! #Scrippsnationalspellingbee #eclairecissement #humor #selfimprovement Find the original essay and many more here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/the-spelling-bee/ Music: Sarabande \ Ever After, William Claeson Ethos, Jakob Ahlbom A Tale Untold,...
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Fridge on the Fritz
Why, yes, my refrigerator is running! #appliancerepair #refrigerators #humor #everydayannoyances #springtime Find the original and other essays here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2022/05/17/fridge-on-the-fritz/ Music: Sarabande New Horizon, Roots and Recognition Nothin But the Blues, Megan...
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After the transfusion
I'm horrified to discover I have something in common with a creepy billionaire! #creepybillionaires #bryanjohnson #bloodtransfusions #humor #vampirefiction Find the original and more essays here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/after-the-transfusion/ Music: Sarabande Lost in Time,...
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A Way to Getaway
I finally learn who said "hell is other people"! #hermits #northPondHermit #TheStrangerintheWoods #MichaelFinkel #history #humor Find the original essay and many more here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/a-way-to-getaway/ Music: Sarabande Day off, Hennie Hun Hermit Dance, Medité My...
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A Clean, Well-Lighted Bus
All the world's a stage! #Nighthawks #acleanwell-lightedplace #ernesthemingway #anxiety #self-care #managing anxiety Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/05/02/clean-well-lighted-bus/ Music: Sarabande Bortom, William Claeson Sweet Lies, Wendy Marcini Is She Your...
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'Tis That Month of the Year Again
I have something to say about RFK! #autism #robertfkennedyjr #autismawarenessmonth Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/tis-that-month-of-the-year-again/ Music: Sarabande Waltz's Claritas, Dian Shuai Sense of You, J.F. Glass Southern Breeze, Roots and...
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Becky and the Gang
I finally finish Vanity Fair! #vanityfair #beckysharp #realhousewives #englishliterature #reading #humor Find the original essay and many others here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/becky-and-the-gang/ Music: Sarabande Walking the Masquerade, J.F. Glass Marchinha de Carnaval…
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March versus March
I tackle a physical challenge! #parades #marchingband #recovery #selfcare #stpatricksday #humor Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/march-versus-march/ Music: Sarabande v. 1 Go Lions, Mary Riddle The Fairy Dance, Bonnie Grace Nordic Mountain Reel, Victor...
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The Day Off
I find that being a grownup doesn't live up to my expectations! #humor #adulting #Dave #vacation Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/the-day-off/ Music: Sarabande v. 1 Phoenix, Ludlow Tu Perfume, Oliver De La Rosa Flowers at the Market, American Legion Is…
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Sidestepping the Potato Salad
I discover ever more weird holidays! #humor #holidays #tomray #panicday #getoveritday Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/sidestepping-the-potato-salad/ Music: Sarabande v. 1 One Midsummer's Morning, Martin Klem Close to Home, Roots and Recognition I…
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Why a Thursday blog?
I tamp down my nerves with music--I hope! #anxiety #selfcare #humor #Brahms #EmmanuelAx #Brahmspianoconcerto2 Find the original here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/why-a-thursday-blog/ Music: Sarabande Version 1 Gaudeamus Igitur Brahms Violin Sonata Op. 108, I, Deborah Wong and...
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Picnic Spot
I dive into weevil, at least as some define it! #resistance #deconstruction #humor #saturdaynightlive Find the original and hundreds of other essays here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/picnic-spot/ Music: Sarabande version 1 Calm Inner Thoughts, Victor Lindberg Covered in Your…
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Love and Houses
Can a house wreck a relationship? I have thoughts! #humor #nostalgia #divorce #relationships Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/02/14/love-and-houses/ Music: Sarabande Version 1 The Heart Knows, Luella Gren Several Years Later, Martin Klem The Story of Us,...
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Dance Craze
I trip back to the scandalous 1910s! #turkeytrot #turkeys #humor #folkdancing #ragtime Find the original essay and hundreds more here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/02/07/dance-craze/ Music: Sarabande, version 1 Ventus, Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Fat and Muscles, Martin Landstrom Sunny...
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This...month
I get bored with the new year, new me! #selfimprovement #resolutions #january #humor Find the original essay and many more here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/this-frickin-month/ Music: Sarabande Version 1 Solace in Winter, Will Harrison Easter Morning, JOYSPRING Is She Your…
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Heat Seeker
I learn a little about entropy! #entropy #humor #selfimprovement #family Find the original and hundreds of other essays here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/heat-seeker/ Music: Sarabande, version 1 All About the Blues, Martin Landstroem La plus que lente, Blair McMillen, Conway Kuo...
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At the Diner
I try to touch grass--I mean, eggs! #humor #selfimprovement #autism #community Find the original and other essays here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/at-the-diner/ Music: Sarabande version 1 Reimagine, Megan Wofford Rivers, Staffan Carlen Is She Your Friend, Rich in Rags
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Half-Price Halo
Halos come in all kinds of shapes and colors--who'd'a thunk it? #halos #snowblindness #humor #angels #adventuress Find the original and other essays here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/01/10/half-price-halo/ Music: Sarabande V. 1 Video Call from Los Angeles, Trevor Kowalski Company with...
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New Year's Contrivance
I make a resolution: will it stick? #newyearsresolutions #martinamis #poetry #poemadaything #woodyguthrie #selfimprovement Find the original essay and more here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/new-years-contrivance/ Music: Sarabande Version 1 I Don't Know You Anymore, Victor…
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Small Beer
I contemplate mornings that start with small beer! #morningroutines #benjaminfranklin #pilgrims Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/12/13/small-beer/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio La Capricieuse, Blair McMillen Winter Dreams, Megan Wofford Lost in...
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What's in a Name
I learn about various Tower Hills! #TowerHill #history #transformation #PlaceNames Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/whats-in-a-name/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Cherry, Hará Noda Summer Comes for Us, Nevin Trevande, William Claeson Lost in...
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The Closet of my Dreams
I get some tips for a Thanksgiving feast...from John Keats! #eveofstagnes #johnkeats #stagnes #thanksgiving Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/the-closet-of-my-dreams/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Variation VIII, Mira Ma Castle Festivities…
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Unbreakable
Wineglasses: so pretty, so fragile! #everydayannoyances #humor Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2021/11/15/unbreakable/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Spring Sometimes, Sugai Lost in Translation, Marcini and Vanguard
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Aftermath
It's the end of the world as we know it...and I feel tired! #richardwagner #election2024 #humor #twilightofthegods #gotterdammerung Find the original essay and more here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/11/08/aftermath/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Fool's Paradise, Ofelia Moore...
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First stories
I'm reintroduced to five-year-old me! #writing #writingprocess #humor This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2020/11/27/first-stories/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Dust and Ashes, Many Moons Ago Bhairav Alaap, Palace on Wheels On a Slow Day,...
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News of a Newsstand
I miss my old home, for once! #homesickness #outoftownnews #harvardsquare #nostalgia #humor Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/10/25/news/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio A Colony for Us, Rune Dale That Second Kiss, Nocturnal Spirits Me Ma She Knows…
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From Mums to Monsters
I keep a wary eye out for my most feared monster! #halloween #yarddisplays #humor #mummies #halloweentrends Find the essay and more here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/from-mums-to-monsters/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Morning Lights, Trailer Worx Chasm of Hope, Rand...
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Heart on Fire
Mid October and I'm already down a glove! #coldhandswarmheart #idioms #humor #heartsurgeryrecovery Find this essay and others here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/heart-on-fire/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio On a Slow Day, Arthur Benson String Quartet #11, K. 171 What We...
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Birthday Answers
I try to make acceptable birthday plans! #birthday #bobbybeddia #beddianbirthday #goldenbirthday #autism Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/10/04/birthday-answers/ Music: Golden Radio, Sneaking Unnoticed Ofelia Moore, Strolling Through Town Andres Cantu,...
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Chasing the Rain
I get caught out in the rain! #raindrops #sublime #chopinraindropprelude #bucketlist #idioms Find the original essay and my other writing here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/09/27/chasing-the-rain/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Nomad, Riverworn Autumn Ends, Alfie-Jay Winters…
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Hungry
I achieve a morsel of learning about canapés! #frenchlanguage #canape #words #sofas Find the original essay and many more here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2021/09/24/hungry/ Background music in this episode: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Fields of Romance, Bireli Snow Memories of…
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Patron Saint
Evidently it's Saint Cecilia! #stcecilia #music #ursulavaughanwilliams #ballet #books Find the original and my other essays here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/09/13/patron-saint/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Bach, Cello Suite, Eric Jacobsen Bach, Toccata in E minor, Mira Mia...
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MOBA
I go to the fabulous Museum of Bad Art! #museumofbadart #MOBA #art #humor #dorchesterbrewingco Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/09/06/moba/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Too Much Charm, Got Happy Everything and Nothing, Hara Nada Just Wanna Stay in...
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Trash day
Can one person's trash be my treasure? #trashday #humor #infomercials #healthrider This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2022/09/23/trash-day/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio The Odd Thief, Timothy Lewis Bad Religion, JAKE$ING LA LA LA, Adelyn...
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Seventeen Days
I welcome some new family members! #blackcats #humor #pets #newpets Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Apareaste, Caro Luna Todo Tuvo Sentido, Caro Luna Lost in Translation, Mancini and Vanguard
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Still August
I explore the holidays of August! #august #augustobservances #nationalauthenticityday #happinesshappensmonth Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/08/16/still-august/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Retro We're One and the Same, Jackie Martin Breakeven, Jake Sing...
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Highway 103
I have an unnerving close encounter! #baldeagles #vacation #williamh.h.murray #nature #history #humor Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/08/09/highway-103/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Retro Afterhours, Martin Klem Weathered Souls, American Legion Blue…
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Happiness: a recipe at last?
It turns out I just need three little things! #happiness #cats #family #humor #Alexanderchalmers #georgewashingtonburnap #selfimprovement Check out the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/07/26/happiness-a-recipe-at-last/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Retro…
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Sunday in the Taproom with Dave and Sonny
I visit a pop-up bookstore! #bookstore #summerfun #VitaminSeaBrewing #bookworm #humor Find the original and other essays here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/sunday-in-the-taproom-with-dave-and-sonny/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Retro Rushing through the Mall, Raymond Crouse...
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Space Music
I learn about the weird history of a weird instrument! #humor #musichistory #theremin Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/07/05/space-music/ Music in this episode: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio The Harmonious Blacksmith El Silencio, Caro Luna Seasons, Aeriam…
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New trick
The rules, they keep a-changing! #punctuationrules #typewriters #humor #touchtyping This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2021/07/18/new-trick/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Coign of Vantage, Martin Klein Cope, Gloria Tells Waiting, Of Water...
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Sun
The summer solstice has arrived! #summersolstice #humor #holidays #summer Find the original and many other essays here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/06/21/sun/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Radio Hidden Fields, Clarence Reed Summer Breeze Memories, Oakwood Station Summer Bolero,...
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Ready
I make a new feline friend! #humor #personaltransformation #personalchange #cats #postsurgeryexperience Find the original and many other essays here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/06/14/ready/ Music: Sneaking Unnoticed, Golden Age Radio On a Slow Day, Arthur Benson A Rainy Day, Victor...
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Ink Day
I imagine life in a scriptorium! #scribes #SisterIrmingart #womenscribes #fountainpens #illuminatedmanuscripts Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/06/07/ink-day/
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Goslings
I try to walk for 30 minutes in a row! #rehab #walks #SMARTgoals #selfimprovement #nature #humor Find the original essay (and many others!) here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/goslings/ Music: William Claeson, Not What I hoped to Be Wendy Marconi and Elvin Vanguard, Lost in...
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The Napoleon Tiara
I discover International Tiara Day! #InternationalTiaraDay #Napoleon #NapoleonTiara #humor #history #tiaras Find the original essay here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/the-napoleon-tiara/
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Concentrate!
I try to lengthen my short little span of attention! #selfimprovement #reading #productivity #attentionspan #humor #concentration Find the print version of this (plus other essays) here: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2024/05/17/concentrate/
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Spoons
I learn about Spoon Theory and visit the MFA! #autism #spoontheory #johnsingersargent #MuseumofFineArts #christinemiserandino This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thejeanspace.wordpress.com/2022/05/27/spoons/
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This podcast is based on personal essays written for my WordPress blog. I'm particularly interested in the creative process, writing, reading, music, autism, and family life. I include the essay and a little context about what inspired it, as well as other things I learned as I wrote.
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