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A Rough Season: A Memoir

A Rough Season: A Memoir

A memoir describing Jarrett's journey with HIV/AIDS (her rough season)

2017

Stories

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Thirty over Fifty

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Martha Warriner Jarrett

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Dec 7, 2025

An Ode to My Sweet Dog, Woody

They say that the only thing wrong with dogs is that their lives are too short

An Ode to My Sweet Dog, Woody

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Thirty over Fifty

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Martha Warriner Jarrett

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Aug 10, 2025

Does Your Life Have a Backup Plan?

Whether you call it a backup plan, a plan B, or something else, everyone should have one

Does Your Life Have a Backup Plan?

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Thirty over Fifty

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Martha Warriner Jarrett

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Aug 7, 2025

The Roads We Take: Reflections on Choice, Fate, and Finding Our Way

Have you ever wondered what would have happened if you’d turned right instead of left?

The Roads We Take: Reflections on Choice, Fate, and Finding Our Way

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Thirty over Fifty

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Martha Warriner Jarrett

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Aug 1, 2025

Like Don Quixote, I Have an Impossible Dream

My dream is to raise $1 million for AIDS research

Like Don Quixote, I Have an Impossible Dream

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Thirty over Fifty

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Martha Warriner Jarrett

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Jul 3, 2025

An American Girl

“She’s an American girl, an American girl. She’s trying to make it in her Daddy’s world.” — Trisha Yearwood

An American Girl

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Thirty over Fifty

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Martha Warriner Jarrett

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Jul 2, 2025

On the Bus to Bethlehem

Reflections by my husband about equality

On the Bus to Bethlehem

In

Modern Women

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Martha Warriner Jarrett

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Jun 29, 2025

Janis Ian Wrote A Song About My Life

When she was just 14, singer-songwriter Janis Ian wrote “Society’s Child,” and somehow captured the story of my life decades before I lived…

Janis Ian Wrote A Song About My Life

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Martha Warriner Jarrett

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Jun 27, 2025

Is It a Memoir or a Travelogue?

When I wrote my memoir a few years ago, my editor posed this very question.

Is It a Memoir or a Travelogue?

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Martha Warriner Jarrett

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Jun 15, 2025

Sixty Years of High School Reunions

The Good, the Bad and — Dare I Say It — the Ugly

Sixty Years of High School Reunions

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Martha Warriner Jarrett

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Jun 13, 2025

I Choose to Live My Old Age with Purpose, Resilience and Reinvention

They say life begins at 40, but I’m here to tell you that’s amateur hour. Real living — the kind that takes your breath away and fills…

I Choose to Live My Old Age with Purpose, Resilience and Reinvention

Martha Warriner Jarrett

Martha Warriner Jarrett

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Attorney, writer and AIDS survivor. I write about life and health with humor and compassion.

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