The first time I read Lorna Landvik’s Patty Jane’s House of Curl, I was a 23-year-old gas station attendant. I…
Date Archives November 2018
Day 128 of 200: I’m Not Ready
Forgive me if you’ve heard this one before. When you are so old you forget how old you are (my…
Day 127 of 200: ¿Quiero o Necesito?
Roughly 63 days ago I decided I needed to learn some Spanish. I know it was 63 days ago because…
Day 126 of 200: One About 4th Grade
When I was in fourth grade, Mrs. Reinking gave me a three in the “Reads widely” section of my report…
Day 125 of 200: Blank
It’s 10:30 on Monday night and I don’t have a thought in my head. I thought I had a few,…
Day 124 of 200: The Scheduler
Because I come from a certain brand of Midwestern passive-aggression I have a lot of invite anxiety. More so on…
Day 123 of 200: 11 Minutes to Get My Words In
I’ve just returned from Rock & Roll Bookclub, which went way way later than I had planned. If I had…
Day 122 of 200: The Brothers
I officially ruined Thanksgiving at 2:08 p.m. when I quizzed my libertarian, Trump-voting nephew a little too severely for his…
Day 121 of 200: ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Thanksgiving Episodes Ranked
7. The Quirkducers Louise: How you doing girl? Tina: Um, not great. I feel like my soul has diarrhea. 6….
Day 120 of 200: Bakesgiving
I’m not a baker. In fact, I loathe it. I like the art of cooking. The science of baking kind…