Stationed with Stories

S3E14. On this life update episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews A Spell of Good Things  by Ayobami Adebayo, updates the listener about her life as a new mom and talks about celebrities on base, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "We're on Vacation". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 4:14 #topic: 10:02,  #story 23:40

S3E13. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews The Fortunes of Jaded Women  by Carolyn Huynh, reflects on three seasons of Stationed with Stories Podcast, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Tuesday Evenings". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 3:06 #topic: 13:14,  #story 25:43

S3E12. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews The Guest List   by Lucy Foley, talks about the graduation season and how there should be more graduation-type celebrations for active duty military, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "A Deal is a Deal". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 4:12 #topic: 12:07,  #story 19:16

S3E11. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews At Night All Blood is Black  by David Diop, talks about the unequal celebrations of Military Spouse Appreciation Day across installations, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Taking it Back". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 2:20 #topic: 11:17,  #story 17:39

S3E10. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Finding Me by Viola Davis, talks about milspouse life from a male perspective with special guest Justin Turner, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "The Fugitive". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 2:40 #topic: 10:21,  #story 32:10

S3E9. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Did You Hear About Kitty Karr by Crystal Smith Paul, talks about fun military idioms, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Staying in the Moment". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 1:33 #topic: 10:06,  #story 20:50

S3E8. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews All the Light We Cannot See  by Anthony Doerr, talks about trudging through duty stations when the thrill of being in a new place is gone, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "An Obsession". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 2:00 #topic: 11:07,  #story 19:42

S3E7. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqʷšəblu  Lapointe, talks about keeping up with friends from old duty stations, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Needed Therapy". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 1:43 #topic: 8:58,  #story 21:00

 S3E6. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Tom Lake   by Ann Patchett,  talks about the value of militaryonesoure.mil, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Working up an Appetite". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 1:24 #topic: 9:55,  #story 22:12

S3E5. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Late Bloomers  by Deepa Varadarajan,  talks to dual-military couple Eric and Kaila Oliver about managing career and family as two active duty military members, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "News of the Day". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 2:42 #topic: 9:34,  #story 39:38

S3E4. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews The House of Eve  by Sadeqa Johnson,  talks about the value of, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Time to Move On". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 1:43 #topic: 8:58,  #story 21:00

S3E3. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn,  talks with her husband about the challenges of getting on the same page as "partners in planning" while being a military family, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "House of Cards". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 2:...

S3E2. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews by First Lie Wins by  Ashley Elston,  talks about starting your club and forming your own crew even when you're a newbie to the community, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Outside of Her Comfort Zone". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 1:47 #topic: 7:53,  #story 16:00

S3E1. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Take My Hand  by Dolen Perkins-Valdez,  talks about underutilized resources at her military installation, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "An Unwanted Visitor". You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 9:40 #topic: 16:58,  #story 25:53

S2E43. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Candy Canes of Christmas Past by Leslie Meier,  recaps season 2 with her lessons and blessings of 2023, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "You Don’t Have to Attend Every Party You’re Invited To." You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 3:10 #topic: 9:25,  #story 22:50

S2E42. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Heaven and Earth Grocery Store  by James McBride,  interviews a her husband Darius Jessie about military life and his perspective on milspouse life, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Sisterly Mornings." You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 1:38 #topic: 10:12,  #story 27:28

S2E41. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews The Golden Couple  by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen,  talks about Tricare "open season" and why it should be more broadly applicable, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Singing the Truth." You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 2:14 #topic: 7:23,  #story 16:30

S2E40. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews One Blood by Denene Millner,  talks the reasons military families may or may not be attending the plethora of Veteran's Day events happening this week, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Prepared for Battle." You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 1:06 #topic: 8:49,  #story 17:25

S2E39. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Lessons in Chemistry  by Bonnie Garmus,  talks about the conundrum of putting energy into meeting spouses at the new command while living in the same place with the old command's spouses whose company you enjoy, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Everything is Debatable." You can skip around as long as you s...

S2E38. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Intimations by Zadie Smith,  an experience of soft diplomacy and foreign military discounts in Victoria, BC Canada, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "The Reunion." You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 1:20  #topic: 7:45,  #story 17:23

S2E37. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Remarkably Bright Creatures , talks going onto an army post and learning about Fort Campbell, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "The Facts of Life." You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 2:00  #topic: 7:05,  #story 17:07

S2E36. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews The Wings of Poppy Pendleton , has a special interview about Christian faith and military life with author, speaker and Navy veteran spouse Kristi Woods, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "Not The Way They Meant It." You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 2:40  #topic: 9:19,  #story 39:15 Co...

S2E35. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews North: A Novel   by Brad Kessler, talks about her relaxed standards of living when her husband is gone, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "She Knew that I Needed Her." You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 1:26 #topic: 10:58,  #story 19:05

S2E34. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews Know My Name by Chanel Miller, talks about Blue Star Welcome Week, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "A Wise Person Once Said" You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 1:57 #topic: 9:52,  #story 17:00

S2E33. On this episode, host Kelicia Hollis Jessie reviews The Most Fun We Ever Had  by Claire Lombardo, talks about the tradition of ringing someone ashore when they leave a ship for their last time at the end of their time in the command, and reads an original flash fiction piece entitled "The Neighbors" You can skip around as long as you stick around! #bookreview 1:19 #topic: 9:44,  #...