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Notes from the Desk
"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."
— Jules Renard
Hello, World — And Yes, I'm Terrified
Welcome to my first blog post. I've rewritten this opening line about seventeen times. Then leapt straight back to the KISS principle!
There's something both thrilling and quietly terrifying about typing words onto a page that other people are actually going to read. Not just any page — my page. A website with my name on it. Jenny Porter, Author. Even writing that feels like I'm borrowing someone else's confidence and hoping nobody asks for it back.
So let me start with the truth: I am equal parts excited and dithering about in a panic!
The Whole of a Person
John was brilliant, funny, principled, and complicated — a man of enormous quiet range who built his life entirely on his own terms. This is my attempt to say out loud what he was, and what it cost and meant to be his sister.