SoCS: Top of JC’s Mind

I started Top of JC’s Mind in September, 2013, and, sometimes, I like to take another look at some of my older posts.

It’s an eclectic blog with lots of topics and you could rummage around in old posts, too, if you like.

Sometimes, I am looking back for specific topics or events. There are also threads that weave in and out over time.

For example, I wrote a lot of comments on the eventually successful campaign to keep shale gas fracking out of New York – which had a brief, ugly reprise in the more recent effort to add CO2 fracking to our state ban. There are also renewable energy posts, including posts on heat pumps, solar panels, and EVs. We are proud to be an electrified household powered by the sun!

There are poetry posts, including posts from my residencies with the Boiler House Poets Collective at the Studios at MASS MoCA which began in fall 2015.

I’ve written quite a lot of COVID/pandemic posts. I’m humbled that one of the local historical societies has been printing those posts to place in their archives for possible research in the future.

The most poignant posts for me are the ones that involve my family. I wrote about my parents in their final years. Those posts were helpful to me at the time as a way to process what was going on but are also good to look back on from time to time.

While I’m admittedly not a great photographer, I’ve tried to include some photos. It’s handy that, during the years of Top of JC’s Mind, we have had family living in Hawai’i, and later, London. Even an amateur can take decent photos in those settings. I also like to take photos in the western Massachusetts/Southern Vermont area where I lived as a child and teen.

So, I invite you to take another look at Top of JC’s Mind.

Or a first look, if that is more applicable…
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Linda’s prompt for Stream of Concsiousness Saturday this week is “take another look.” Find more information on joining us for SoCS and/or Just Jot It January here: https://lindaghill.com/2026/01/23/the-friday-reminder-for-socs-jusjojan-2026-daily-prompt-for-jan-24th/

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Author: Joanne Corey

Please come visit my eclectic blog, Top of JC's Mind. You can never be sure what you'll find!

11 thoughts on “SoCS: Top of JC’s Mind”

  2. Your blog was one of the first, maybe the very first, I started following about 13 years ago. I’ve always appreciated your eclecticism and caring about the world around you including family. Sending peace and blessings.

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    1. I’m honored, JoAnna! Thank you for being such a faithful reader and commenter. On your blog and in your comments, I always appreciate your care, concern, and wisdom. And, of course, we share a name that means “God is gracious” or “God’s gracious gift” so we have a lot to live up to!

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    1. And thank you, Ellen, for being my blog-friend. I actually found you through OM’s mother, Susan. We writers who didn’t start publishing until later in life have to stick together!

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    1. Thanks, Marcus! I had several friends suggest that I start blogging because, at the time, I was posting comments on a variety of topics on Facebook on a regular basis. I was on a rapid response team that was commenting on news articles on fracking as we were organized to keep it out of New York State and support our Pennsylvania neighbors who were impacted. I was also getting serious about writing poetry and that grew to be a significant feature at Top of JC’s Mind. I think a lot of it, though, is that I am a liberal-artsy – thank you, Smith College – sort of person with wide-ranging interests and couldn’t bear to confine myself to a single focus, even though that was the recommendation for new bloggers at the time.

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