For the Archives: Chronicles of the Everyday

Living on an island as a single mother, raising her six-year old son, Jessica Dofflemyer longed to find moments of the profound within her mundane routine. Committing herself to a post a day, for 40 days, in a blog she titled, "For the Archives", what evolved was a project that has published more than 700 posts in the past three years. "Volume 1: Love and Motherhood" is a montage of autobiographical pieces from her first year of writing. More than just the story of her solo mothering journey, this collection weaves the common thread of human experience through poignant stories that span a spectrum of the ordinary. Whether depicting scenes of playing Foursquare with her son, trying to fix a faulty washing machine, or being stuck in stalled out traffic, the prose, poetry and photographs of this collection bring a glimmer to the seemingly dull details of everyday living.

Living on an island as a single mother, raising her six-year old son, Jessica Dofflemyer longed to find moments of the profound within her mundane routine. Committing herself to a post a day, for 40 days, in a blog she titled, "For the Archives", what evolved was a project that has published more than 700 posts in the past three years. "Volume 1: Love and Motherhood" is a montage of autobiographical pieces from her first year of writing. More than just the story of her solo mothering journey, this collection weaves the common thread of human experience through poignant stories that span a spectrum of the ordinary. Whether depicting scenes of playing Foursquare with her son, trying to fix a faulty washing machine, or being stuck in stalled out traffic, the prose, poetry and photographs of this collection bring a glimmer to the seemingly dull details of everyday living.

Jessica Dofflemyer is an artist, writer, photographer, and mother living on a small Hawaiian island. Her blog, "For the Archives," began as a 40-day experiment to chronicle everyday experiences raising her six-year-old son on her own. What evolved is now a collection of prose, poetry, and photography that seeks to find the profound in the mundane details of daily life. Dofflemyer's blog has archived over 700 postings and has been featured as a Wordpress "Freshly Pressed" selection. Her photography has been published in the Pacific Writer's Connection anthology, "Ho'olaule'a: Celebrating Ten Years of Pacific Writing," and she continues to post her daily chronicles to the Archives at www.forthearchives.wordpress.com. Her photography and art can also be viewed at www.forthearchives.net.