>>> A b o u t

Sailing a generous gift of love/life in gratitude as poet, writer, visual artist, artisan and 
more recently, content creator. I enjoy specializing in not specializing. 
 
I was born & bred in Ghana, now I reside in Queens, NY.  
Jane Through the Seasons started as a space to record events following college 
and is at present a lifestyle blog on cultivating presence, mindfulness and love. 

Unless credited to another, all images are mine. 
Feel free to use and kindly credit this blog.
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Jane Akweley Odartey 


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