Hi, I’m Jess, and welcome to Enchanted Rant.
I’ve been writing here since 2007. Before that, I was filling a 333-page manuscript circa 1991-1995, and a journal named “Lofty” for about nine months in Finland at 18. It turns out I’ve always been a dispatcher. I just didn’t know Who I was reporting to.
Here’s the short version of the long, winding story. I left the American dream behind to make one of my own in Costa Rica. I learned to paraglide, earned the nickname Aventurina Valiente for my very public practice of archery, and wrote more than a hundred Letters from Costacalle. From May, 2012 I spent 13 years as a migratory house-sitter, following divine detours from home to home, until Love landed me in Sarasota, Florida.
Along the way I learned the one thing every post here is really about: God is All there is, and that All is only Love. Everything else is a delightful plot twist.
What you’ll find here
- Poetry: almost 300 poems, from an 18-year-old’s angst to a 50-something’s praise
- Flight Patterns: spiritual dispatches from the road, the guest room and the license plate ahead of me
- Ranting & Raving: what I do best
- Joystalking: following Love’s breadcrumbs with delight and discovery as a lifestyle
Come play with me beyond the blog
- Practice of Praise: join me on Zoom on Sunday evenings to celebrate the Good that’s already here. To get the link, email sacredstandup@gmail.com.
- Poem in Progress: my YouTube channel, home of Sacred Stand Up, where spirituality meets comedy because God is funny. Watch on YouTube
- Sacred Stand Up on Facebook: come say hello
What readers have said
Jessica’s poetry is amazing, but when you hear it spoken, it takes it to a whole new level!
Johanna, Living Forest Retreat Center
Her style invites you in for a cup of coffee to catch up with an old friend.
BFF, Midwestern Division
A small disclaimer: Enchanted Rant is semi-autobiographical, highly dramatized and lovingly uncensored. Don’t take it personally. Unless you should.
Pull up a chair. The coffee’s on.
Love, Jess