Jodi Thompson's Writings
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Short Story
Jul.13.2009
He threw the truck in park and switched on the four-way flashers. The SUV behind him at the light honked its horn when he got out of the truck. Teenagers crammed into the sedan in the left-turn lane pointed and laughed. He put his body between them and the object of their ridicule.
A gray squirrel trembled on the white line, its tail cemented to the pavement by a...
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Article
Feb.23.2009
The following was delivered to the congregation of UUFLB Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, as part of an occasional series "UU Voices":
I didn't come to Unitarian Universalism as some of you may have, finding it as an adult. I followed my parents and a couple of siblings to UUism as a child. So, for me, there wasn't that revelation of freedom to be whatever I...
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Short Story
Feb.16.2009
The full moon filled the room's lone window. Its beam of light cutting through the filmy curtain wasn't to blame for her restlessness; her racing mind was.
She examined her mobile phone again. Four bars. Battery fully charged. No messages. Call already!
He probably just fell asleep on the couch, she told herself to calm the gnawing in pit of...
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Short Story
Dec.05.2008
“What time is it?” she asked.
“Bathtime,” screamed Jonas.
“Already? Damn,” cursed his brother. He threw the unfinished Lego structure into the bucket of pieces with a crash.
It made his mother wince to see her temper reflected in her 6-year-old. “Don’t use that kind of language, Henry. Now clean up, go upstairs, take your clothes off and brush your teeth,” she...
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About Jodi
I had no intention of becoming a writer, never thought of myself as a writer, rarely wrote, yet loved language.
One of my first classes at Penn was Biography, Autobiography and Fiction with Dr. Irma Lustig, an amazing teacher. We read diaries and papers of...
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Causes Jodi Thompson Supports
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Jodi’s Favorite Books
The Poisonwood Bible; Turtle Moon; Yellow Raft on Blue Water; Ahab's Wife; The Red Tent