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J. R. Scalf

Teaching Monarch Butterflies to Play Dead

Today we will be Citizen Scientists tagging Monarch butterflies for the annual migration.

5 min readJun 9, 2021

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Teaching Monarch Butterflies to Play Dead

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J. R. Scalf

Trains on the Brains

I’m in the kitchen cleaning up after snack after I told him Thomas the Tank was over and he should play. But he had other thoughts, and…

2 min readMay 6, 2021

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PS As I recounted and shared the conversation I had with Her Majesty I soon learned that the word…

1 min readMar 15, 2021

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J. R. Scalf

The Queen Mother, my Brush with Greatness

It was summer in 1983; I was 16 years old. I traveled to England on a six-week-long extended vacation with an English family living in the…

4 min readMar 11, 2021

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The Queen Mother, my Brush with Greatness

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I reminisce about the days of old

It was October 1990. I had been working 12-hour shifts, 7 days a week, for the last month. It was dark at 6:30 am. I was headed to work on…

5 min readFeb 2, 2021

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I’m a Butterfingers not a Baby Ruth

Some back story about an injury to my right side big toe is required. I injured my big toe (someone did) when said someone was vacuuming…

2 min readJan 26, 2021

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I’m a Butterfingers not a Baby Ruth

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J. R. Scalf

What is your parenting metaphor?

At dinner, I asked a question of my adult children. They are college age, or one is on the cusp anyway, plus due to covid, the one in…

3 min readJan 19, 2021

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What is your parenting metaphor?

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Making Moments

Several years ago, while my mother was in the hospital after suffering a heart attack, I remember some poignant moments. At the time, they…

4 min readJan 15, 2021

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Making Moments

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J. R. Scalf

J. R. Scalf

I scribe stories and prose and authored a popular epidemiological study. I am an artist and novelist on a mission to connect with readers.

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