Hello Darling Ones, Have you ever seen the movie “Elf?” The one with Will Ferrel? Second best Christmas movie of all time? I have seen it roughly eleventy kabillion times. Sister #2 watches it one…
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The COVID Diaries: Some of the Ways a Heart Can Break
Hi Darling Ones, I did not intend to take a three-day hiatus from the COVID Diaries, but Sister #4 came up from South Dakota for work-related reasons and that took up all my time. I…
The COVID Diaries: The Witch of Ironwood
Dear Darling Ones, The first story I ever wrote was shortly after I learned the word banished. It was called something like “The Banished Witch of Banishment Mountain Who Does a lot of Banishing.” I…
The COVID Diaries: Jeff Tweedy & Me
Hello Darling Ones, I have never met Jeff Tweedy. He does not know of my existence. I don’t want you going into this thinking I’m gonna be dishing some dirty deets about the guy from…
The COVID Diaries: Dead on Arrival
Hi Darling Ones, Earlier this week I got a new plant for the Sadness Garden. It arrived dead, which is a giant bummer. This is a symbol. I’m struggling with some internal crap I can’t…
The COVID Diaries: A Heart Full of Pop Rocks
Hi Darling Ones, I recently re-read for maybe the twelfth time Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. It is one of my very favorite books. When I told my friends I just read Geek Love I…
The COVID Diaries: A Goddamn Delight
Hi Darling Ones, This weekend I made the extremely smart decision to re-read Kevin Brockmeier’s The Brief History of the Dead, a novel about the end of the world caused by a viral pandemic that…
The 10 Best Books I Read in 2020
Trying to choose the best and rank art is a difficult, and often pointless task. However, as a pop culture junkie and someone who loves to debate about things like this, I feel compelled to…
The COVID Diaries: Sliding Into My DMs
Dear Darling Ones, I keep a note on my phone called FROM THE BOOKS where I transcribe parts of books that make my heart wobbly. I don’t do this all the time because I’m lazy,…
The COVID Diaries: The Only Republican I Ever Loved
Querido Darling Ones, I learned how to say ‘dear’ in Spanish today. It seems apropos since I also fake married Michael J. Fox. I did both of these things before I even got out of…