Hi Darling Ones, I trust you all survived Thanksgiving relatively unscathed and are girding your loins for the holiday season. My Thanksgiving soup was wonderful, my monster cookies were ugly but delicious, and yet I…
Browsing Category Loneliness
The COVID Diaries: The Return of Flavor
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…
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?…