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    Hogwarts Meets Portland

    by Jacqueline Jannotta August 6, 2020

    Funny how fiction and reality often merge. Each reflects the other, no matter how much time passes between when a story was written and when a person interprets it. Such was the case last week when my family decided to re-watch the Harry Potter series from our Covid-free basement — only a few miles from where the Black Lives Matter protests were taking place in downtown Portland. Federal agents, sent uninvited by The White House, had been clashing with protestors, using force against citizens exercising their rights to assembly and free speech. This created an unsettling backdrop to The Order of the Phoenix movie, which took on a whole new meaning. 

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    The Illusion of Progress

    by Jacqueline Jannotta June 11, 2020
    June 11, 2020

    Do you ever have dreams so visceral that it takes a while to get grounded in reality once you wake up? When I was about 13 years old, one particular…

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    The House that Covid Built

    by Jacqueline Jannotta May 22, 2020
    May 22, 2020

    This is the story that told of the people that spread the disease that was caused by the droplets from someone who ate the bat that got the virus that…

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    How We Save Us: A Sweet New Symbol

    by Jacqueline Jannotta April 18, 2020
    April 18, 2020

    The coronavirus crisis is taking our upside-down world and simultaneously shaking it up while forcing us into a collective “time out.” There’s no denying we are experiencing a shock to…

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    The What of Becoming Better People

    by Jacqueline Jannotta September 19, 2019
    September 19, 2019

    What is Becoming Better People? I’ve previously shared the motive behind this blog and how I intend to use it. Here’s a recap: Becoming Better People is a platform for personal…

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A fun, expansive way to becoming better is to step away from the familiar and immerse in a foreign land for a while. Now is the perfect time to plan for a post-pandemic adventure. 20% of all book sales go toward the non-profits featured on this site. ⇨ Learn more about our year in Italy, and about how you can create your own adventure abroad.⇦

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  • A couple of my posts recently got picked up in some awesome Medium publications:⇨ Be Yourself⇦ and ⇨The Bigger Picture⇦
  • I was a guest on the Italian Genealogy Podcast where I had fun revisiting our year abroad and discussing the joy of doing family history.

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