Abigail Snow
@jonkroabby.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, indie publisher at Jonkro Books, moved from NYC to Arizona and love discovering the Southwest and hiking. Love to sing (was a singer before becoming a lawyer) and to cook.
Agreed! We sang this one at Lessons and Carols in Phoenix this past Sunday.
December 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Agreed! We sang this one at Lessons and Carols in Phoenix this past Sunday.
It was gorgeous this morning. I took this on my morning walk in Phoenix 13 minutes before official sunrise. Also no processing.
December 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It was gorgeous this morning. I took this on my morning walk in Phoenix 13 minutes before official sunrise. Also no processing.
Three. I used to love the dark roast Ethiopian beans at Fairway in NYC, but in Phoenix I can only get light roast Ethiopian so I mix those beans with a French Roast and a slightly milder dark roast which does the trick for me. (Freshly ground in a burr grinder and then steeped in a French press.)
December 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Three. I used to love the dark roast Ethiopian beans at Fairway in NYC, but in Phoenix I can only get light roast Ethiopian so I mix those beans with a French Roast and a slightly milder dark roast which does the trick for me. (Freshly ground in a burr grinder and then steeped in a French press.)
We had a lovely morning in Phoenix. The choir sang Palestrina's Alma Redemptoris Mater, we had a great sermon on the Magnificat as a call to action, and a small group of us made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for distribution to the homeless during the week, a simple ministry but one I enjoy.
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We had a lovely morning in Phoenix. The choir sang Palestrina's Alma Redemptoris Mater, we had a great sermon on the Magnificat as a call to action, and a small group of us made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for distribution to the homeless during the week, a simple ministry but one I enjoy.
A long way round of saying that a refusal to accept disrespect is a strength. (Hard for me to learn as a child of the 50s and 60s, but eventually I learned how to stand up for myself.)
December 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A long way round of saying that a refusal to accept disrespect is a strength. (Hard for me to learn as a child of the 50s and 60s, but eventually I learned how to stand up for myself.)
When I was a practicing lawyer I was trying to negotiate with an attorney who continually yelled at me in phone negotiations. I talked to the partner I worked with who advised me to say 'you're yelling at me and if you continue I will hang up.' I did so (maybe 2x), and then he became reasonable.
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
When I was a practicing lawyer I was trying to negotiate with an attorney who continually yelled at me in phone negotiations. I talked to the partner I worked with who advised me to say 'you're yelling at me and if you continue I will hang up.' I did so (maybe 2x), and then he became reasonable.
Thanks for the recommendation - I just ordered it.
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Thanks for the recommendation - I just ordered it.
Sometimes on Sunday mornings I feel that I am not only part of my own church but part of a wave that goes around the globe time zone by time zone: churches up and down my zone are saying the same (or similar) things, those to the east are farther along (or done) and to the west of me still to start.
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sometimes on Sunday mornings I feel that I am not only part of my own church but part of a wave that goes around the globe time zone by time zone: churches up and down my zone are saying the same (or similar) things, those to the east are farther along (or done) and to the west of me still to start.
I also went through a period before law school when I thought maybe I wanted to become a priest, but when I became a vestry member and then warden, I realized that my church calling was definitely as laity.
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I also went through a period before law school when I thought maybe I wanted to become a priest, but when I became a vestry member and then warden, I realized that my church calling was definitely as laity.
Five and a half years into retirement, I am singing in the choir at the Episcopal Cathedral in Phoenix AZ and loving it. Feels like coming full circle in some ways.
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Five and a half years into retirement, I am singing in the choir at the Episcopal Cathedral in Phoenix AZ and loving it. Feels like coming full circle in some ways.
Went to law school at night for four years (with a young child) and became a lawyer at 46. Practiced law for 20 years and loved it, then retired in the pandemic. If you had told me when I was young that I would become lawyer I would have laughed. (Daughter of teachers and knew no lawyers.)
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Went to law school at night for four years (with a young child) and became a lawyer at 46. Practiced law for 20 years and loved it, then retired in the pandemic. If you had told me when I was young that I would become lawyer I would have laughed. (Daughter of teachers and knew no lawyers.)
In a long conversation with a graduate psych student from my church (while our children were playing in the local playground), I realized that my ideas of becoming a psychologist were not a good fit. I was working as a legal secretary / admin asst at a law firm by then and realized I enjoyed law.
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In a long conversation with a graduate psych student from my church (while our children were playing in the local playground), I realized that my ideas of becoming a psychologist were not a good fit. I was working as a legal secretary / admin asst at a law firm by then and realized I enjoyed law.
Went to conservatory in the 1970s hoping to be an opera singer; worked as a professional Episcopal chorister from the early 1970s to 1990s. Realized in the mid 1980s that I wasn't going to make it as a singer, so went back to school to finish my undergrad degree, studying psychology.
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Went to conservatory in the 1970s hoping to be an opera singer; worked as a professional Episcopal chorister from the early 1970s to 1990s. Realized in the mid 1980s that I wasn't going to make it as a singer, so went back to school to finish my undergrad degree, studying psychology.
Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge over Troubled Water.
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge over Troubled Water.
I started it before I left for church this morning, but didn't have time to finish. While I was sitting in the choir, at one point in the service I thought 'this really is a broad church, and I'm good with that.' Finished the quiz when I got home and (unsurprisingly) was tagged as Broad Church.
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I started it before I left for church this morning, but didn't have time to finish. While I was sitting in the choir, at one point in the service I thought 'this really is a broad church, and I'm good with that.' Finished the quiz when I got home and (unsurprisingly) was tagged as Broad Church.
Agreed. It's a really good podcast and I try to listen to it every day.
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Agreed. It's a really good podcast and I try to listen to it every day.
Mindful chopping does it for me. I really enjoy chopping onion, garlic, peppers, and all that stuff into different sizes depending on what I am cooking.
September 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Mindful chopping does it for me. I really enjoy chopping onion, garlic, peppers, and all that stuff into different sizes depending on what I am cooking.
Frank's Place. From the 1980s, starring Tim Reid.
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Frank's Place. From the 1980s, starring Tim Reid.
Beautiful. I've sung some of her choral works in the past and loved them also.
September 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Beautiful. I've sung some of her choral works in the past and loved them also.
I brought it to Europe in the 1980s when I was doing the classical singer audition thing and just couldn't get into it. I should give it another try: it took me 6 attempts to get through the first 200 pages of Middlemarch but once I did loved it.
August 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I brought it to Europe in the 1980s when I was doing the classical singer audition thing and just couldn't get into it. I should give it another try: it took me 6 attempts to get through the first 200 pages of Middlemarch but once I did loved it.
Oh yes, that is a familiar dream. My last time in school was in my 40s, when I attended law school. I'm in my early 70s and I still dream that I have missed all classes and don't even remember my schedule!
August 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Oh yes, that is a familiar dream. My last time in school was in my 40s, when I attended law school. I'm in my early 70s and I still dream that I have missed all classes and don't even remember my schedule!
That dog at minute 1 tossing his eyes! My dogs both learned to go to the front hall closet and sit there tossing their noses up to the side where the leash was as a hint that they wanted to go out. They did the same for dog biscuits which were on a high kitchen shelf. Mom, look there!! I want it!
July 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
That dog at minute 1 tossing his eyes! My dogs both learned to go to the front hall closet and sit there tossing their noses up to the side where the leash was as a hint that they wanted to go out. They did the same for dog biscuits which were on a high kitchen shelf. Mom, look there!! I want it!
She was so brilliant.
June 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
She was so brilliant.
I love when the Gila Woodpeckers come and drink from the hummingbird feeders. We had curve-billed thrashers build a nest between a cactus and our side wall this year: so much fun to see the babies.
May 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I love when the Gila Woodpeckers come and drink from the hummingbird feeders. We had curve-billed thrashers build a nest between a cactus and our side wall this year: so much fun to see the babies.
Love this! (And that's one of my favorite vignettes in the Gospels.)
April 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Love this! (And that's one of my favorite vignettes in the Gospels.)