Jessamyn RainsHermit EnvyI’m reading this book about a monk who goes off to live in a hermitage. He feeds chickens at a nearby convent in the mornings. Cooks rice…7 min read·Sep 9, 2018----
Jessamyn RainsPapier MacheIn the craft room where I work there are all these unfinished papier mache hot air balloons. Balloons wrapped in strips of newspaper dipped…3 min read·Aug 27, 2018----
Jessamyn RainsTransmogrify Your DinnerClassy Recipes for the Downwardly Mobile4 min read·Dec 2, 2017----
Jessamyn RainsOn Feeling (un) Pretty“Did you feel pretty when you were young?” A friend recently asked me.6 min read·Nov 25, 2017----
Jessamyn RainsCaution: Student DriverNon-Reflections on Motherhood by a Post-Idealist7 min read·Oct 30, 2017--1--1
Jessamyn RainsHighlights from Christmas in Chandigarh, Plus My Farewell to George MichaelAn Indian winter is a green winter.9 min read·Jan 14, 2017----
Jessamyn RainsInto City BeautifulA couple of days after Diwali, when the smog was so thick and gray you couldn’t tell where the Yamuna River ended and the sky began, we got…5 min read·Dec 22, 2016----
Jessamyn Rains“The Poor You Have With You Always.”Yes, we had them in St. Louis. The world-weary travelers, the homeless veterans, the people with who-knows-what-kind-of story standing with…4 min read·Oct 29, 2016----
Jessamyn RainsLittle Tibet: World Within a WorldThis is the place my heart will yearn for once we leave and return to the dust-coated, sun-drenched streets of Delhi with its din and…5 min read·Oct 22, 2016----