Jennifer Hubbs
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Jennifer Hubbs
@jennhubbswrites.bsky.social
Used to do government in TX then the corruption became undeniable then we moved to RI. Writing the occasional feature for the Valley Breeze—getting to know my community!
No!!! We love this store and the awesome, knowledgeable ladies there.

So sad to see it go!
July 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
They like to be up high!
March 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I’ve heard those stories!
February 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My mom and I moved here from Texas a few years ago. I’d lived in Austin many years, but I grew up in Houston which is about the same size as the state of Rhode Island.

I have to laugh when people complain about the drive from Cumberland to Cranston and so forth—that’s a dream commute for a Texan!
February 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Did the PUC ever come up with a curtailment plan, just in case?

I’d devised one in 2011, repeatedly asked them to adopt it or one like it, left it behind in 2013, reminded them in 2021 as it sat on their servers—even as Deann Walker reported they were trying to devise curtailments—and still, nada.
January 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Haha! We introduced our visiting Austin family to Del’s, and they discovered one in Leander, an Austin suburb.

Who knew that the addiction was spreading?
January 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
So happy for you, Andrew.
December 31, 2024 at 1:51 AM
When I worked for the TX PUC 12+ years ago, we had put together and excellent outage system. It was dismantled soon thereafter.

Seems like somebody should find out why b/c we spent a lot of money on that.
December 28, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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Fun store. Highly recommend. Great spot for last-minute Christmas shopping. Two of my acquisitions. 🗺️
December 18, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Wow, Andrew—congrats! This is wild and totally deserved. I’d thought about writing a bigger feature about your story, but I guess you’ll be on NPR any day…

So happy for you!
December 18, 2024 at 10:44 AM
This place isn’t so much about maps as a means to finding your way around as it is about maps as art and where humans see themselves in their surroundings.

This is a drawing of every building, street, waterway in Providence, RI that Andrew sells. It’s stunning.
December 18, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Y’all, I wrote about Map Center from a gift giving perspective b/c his stories inspire the most thoughtful gift ideas. I described some of them here, but I wish I’d had room for more.

The magic is in a visit and a chat—can’t recommend it highly enough.
Pawtucket’s Map Center: The thoughtful roadmap to gift giving
PAWTUCKET – Andrew Middleton is a cartographical missionary determined to convert Map Center visitors into true believers who recognize how maps express our humanity and appreciate the whimsical artis...
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December 18, 2024 at 12:52 AM