Dear Darling Ones, My sense of taste has returned and you can rest easy knowing that it is as impeccable as you’d expect. As I just told a friend, I’m so happy about the return…
Browsing Category Loneliness
The Struggle Was Real
Hi Darling Ones, I really want to crow about how we made it through this interminable year, but I don’t want to jinx anything. People magazine jinxed the shit out of Betty White turning 100…
Getting My Foot in Someone’s Door
Dear Darling Ones, This week I re-read Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face and Ann Patchett’s Truth & Beauty. I read both of these books back in 2004 when I identified hard with Grealy’s story…
Things I Said to My Cat Yesterday
Hey Darling Ones, This is a list of things I said out loud to Wendell, my cat, yesterday. Good morning. She woke from a dream. Her head was on fire. Why was he so nervous?…
Sometimes My Brain is a Real Jerk
Dear Darling Ones, I am frustrated. I’m nearly 50* and not only do I still get crushes on men, I still get all sad and stuff when those crushes start seeing women who are not…
The COVID Diaries: If I Had a Pony, I’d Ride it on My Boat
Hi Darling Ones, We like to romanticize the idea of a lone wolf living for nobody but themselves, somebody who gives no fucks and lives by their own rules. We super love this if it’s…