Susan Jennings LantzMy Mother Has Come Unstuck in TimeOne of the most haunting lines of American literature is from Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse Five.11 min read·Jul 11, 2023--27--27
Susan Jennings LantzFat Green Beans in AugustThere is a point every West Virginia Summer when the green beans are fat and plump and have beans and strings and aren’t just little green…2 min read·Aug 29, 2021--1--1
Susan Jennings LantzDragons Live Forever, But not So Little BoysOne day, when my boys were kindergarten, one of them looked at me, hands on his hips, and announced, “Mommy…in elementary school kids wear…4 min read·Mar 31, 2021----
Susan Jennings Lantz“Tonight will be bad, and tomorrow beyond imagining,” wrote Susan Cooper in her novel *The Dark is…Tonight is the winter solstice, the “longest evening of the year” as Robert Frost eloquently phrased it.3 min read·Dec 21, 2020----
Susan Jennings LantzWest Virginia: Practicing Social Isolation Since 1863When you grow up in the mountains of West Virginia, social isolation is nothing new.8 min read·Mar 18, 2020----
Susan Jennings LantzMargaret Mead in the School Dropoff LineWhen I pick my kids up from school, I often note to myself how the bahvior and patterns of parents at school drop-off and pick-up mimic…8 min read·Oct 3, 2019----
Susan Jennings LantzThis is Middle AgeI turned 49 years old a few months ago.3 min read·Oct 7, 2018----
Susan Jennings LantzThe Kids are AlrightSo here we sit at IHOP on a Sunday morning waiting for brunch. Me, my husband of 21 years, and my two 14 year old sons. All of us are…3 min read·Sep 16, 2018----
Susan Jennings LantzThe LakeIn the dead heat of the summer the best of families go somewhere.5 min read·Jul 6, 2018----