Hi Darling Ones, Sometimes a memory comes at you so fast and furious you have to blow off work to get it off your chest lest it fester all day. I saw a tweet a…
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The COVID Diaries: Garbage Disposal Fork Brain
Hey Darling Ones, Did you ever watch “The Good Place?” It’s a really good show about philosophy and the afterlife. If you’ve never seen it you should watch it now and thank me later*. There’s…
The COVID Diaries: A Black Scribble in My Brain
Hey Darling Ones, It actively pisses me off that I love the song “Yellow*” by Coldplay. Just like “Creep” by Radiohead and “Crash Into Me” by the Dave Matthews Band. It would be much easier…
The COVID Diaries: Everything I Touch Turns to Shit
Bleh, Darling Ones, I fell into a funk on Friday and I can’t seem to climb my way out of it. I don’t know if it’s 410 days of pandemic or the unending grey that…
The COVID Diaries: Hypocrite
Hi Darling Ones, It’s always a little weird to come back here after a momentous event and be all cha-cha-cha I listened to a song today and it made me think of things. At the…
The COVID Diaries: May Be a Side Effect of Moderna
Hi Darling Ones, Last night in the time between putting down Mary Karr’s The Art of Memoir and before deciding if I had to turn on Frightened Rabbit*, I had two thoughts. The first thought…
The COVID Diaries: Something in My Veins, Bloodier Than Blood
Dear Darling Ones, I would like you to know I considered “Woah, we’re halfway there” as a headline but went with Wilco because while I was waiting for my vaccine this morning the local oldies…
The COVID Diaries: It’s All Happening
Hi Darling Ones, Guess which 6’5″ Spinster Goddess of Minnesota finally landed a vaccination appointment? It’s me! Thanks to eagle-eyed Sister #2 who spotted a tweet from my former (and hopefully future) State Representative Brad…
The COVID Diaries: Odd Couple
Good afternoon Darling Ones, I googled “when is evening” and “when is afternoon” to make sure I was using the right one. I learned evening starts after six and afternoon is noon to six. For…
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…