Hi Darling Ones,
Did you miss me? I took a brief hiatus while Sister #2 was here. She left Friday and I spent all day yesterday sleeping. It always takes me a little while to readjust to hermit life after spending a ton of time with my extrovert sisters. Speaking of which, we’re gonna kick off this month’s appreciation list with them.
Sisters
I cannot say enough how rad it is that my sisters have consistently shown up for me since the stroke. From washing my underpants to helping me clean out closets and moving my bookshelves around so I could display my Funko POPs, they continue to help without complaint. Or at least without complaint within my ear shot. One is in the midst of buying a house and one is in the midst of some remodeling and they still show up. I’m very lucky.
Cherries
This is my favorite food seasons. I’ve taken down two pounds of these sweet, juicy beauties and I got two more pounds waiting for me in the freezer.
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
This novel was a delightful and occasionally dirty thinker that had me question some of my own assumptions on freedom and forgiveness. It’s about a sort of sex robot with the ability to learn from experience. It’s surprising and infuriating and wonderful. Read it!
Creative Purrsuits
I present to you the completed catghan. It’s enormous! My mom and Sister #2 are 5’10” and 5’8″ and they couldn’t hold out all the way up. She’s a beauty, isn’t she? This is my new favorite thing I made. Hannah’s Blanket has been moved to #2.

That’s all I got time for now, Darling Ones. What have you been appreciating? I’m on the lookout for new music, as I’m in one of those “sick of everything I love” phases.
More soon!
Jodi
New music, you say? Ok, these aren’t new new but they were new to me in the last year:
* The Beths: Expert in a Dying Field
* Saint Saviour: Better Than
* Yard Act: Where’s My Utopia (reminds me a bit of Soul Coughing, but very English – Trenchcoat Museum is super fun)
* Adia Victoria: A Southern Gothic
* Lucius released new recordings of Wildewoman and it’s great
* SUSS: Bird & Beasts (I love them – think the soundtrack to a spaghetti western that doesn’t actually exist)
Excellent! I trust your taste because I love that The Beths’ record & I actually have the Aida Victoria on vinyl. Lucius has been hit or miss with me, but I’m gonna spin up Yard Act right now.
New music? I’ve recently discovered Chappell Roan and I’m besotted. I know I’m late, but I’m just glad I’ve arrived.