Hi, everybody!
I’m Jeff, a Kent boomerang who has returned to Northeast Ohio after spending 14 years in Chicago. While in the city, I had the good fortune of getting to write some books for kids, worked some odd jobs to keep bohemian dreams alive, and generally ate a lot of cheese. But now I’m back home in Kent — where networks of family and friends have welcomed me back and the overcast skies, underscored by Cleveland sports heartache, just feel right. It’s like I’m getting to live out a Bruce Springsteen song that’s happening in real-time, which is both jarring and charming all at once.
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