Dear Darling Ones, Today is Paul Westerberg’s birthday and I’ve spent a lot of the day thus far contemplating what my life would be like without his music. What if Kelly McKnight hadn’t given me…
Date Archives 2020
The COVID Diaries: What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
Hey Darling Ones, Do you like New Year’s Eve? It’s Sister #4’s favorite holiday, but Sister #2 and I hate it with a passion. Sister #2 because she hates big pressure holidays and because her…
The COVID Diaries: I ain’t Very Good, but. . .
Ugh Darling Ones, Today my plan to escape the infinite sadness involved listening to all The Replacements’ records in chronological order until the sadness went away. This was a brilliant plan and it worked for…
The COVID Diaries: I am a Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Well, Darling Ones, I’m displeased to report that the infinite sadness has yet to abate. I did a lot of the same sadness-fighting steps as yesterday: slept 12 hours, ate eggs & hashbrowns, continued reading…
The COVID Diaries: Save Me, Ferris
Oh Darling Ones, I’m not doing well. I’m inconsolably sad and I can’t shake it. I’m doing all the things to shake sadness: slept 12 hours, ate my favorite comfort foods (eggs & hashbrowns), started…
My 2020 Christmas Wish for You, Darling Ones
Dear Darling Ones, For many years I would write Christmas wishes to you, all three of my readers. It started in 2006 when my friend Myka (who used to go by the name Kelly), changed…