Dear Darling Ones, There have been a few curious side effects of having a stroke. For instance, I no longer…
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Stroke Me Day 71: Manageable Awfulness
Hello Darling Ones, I don’t know if the Lexapro is starting to kick in, it’s the absence of the lightheaded/panic…
Stroke Me Day 18: Wildly Underestimated
Dear Darling Ones, A long time ago I had an idea to write about all the different ways you can…
A Bad Day for Blugolds
Oh Darling Ones, Last night I found out a friend from college died of colon cancer. He wasn’t even fifty….
$27 Cookies & Other Tales from a Cruddy Week
Ugh, Darling Ones, This week has been utter shit and it’s bringing me down. 1. I’ve had the song since…
I am Armed to the Teeth & I’m Heavy-Set
Hi Darling Ones, Carnations always make me think of that scene in “Sex in the City” when Berger breaks up…
Oh My Bacon Back
Dear Darling Ones, Back at the turn of the century I lived in a shitty apartment in Prior Lake down…
Hard on the Heart & Soft to the Touch
Hi Darling Ones, A few years ago I read Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts. I can’t remember the full context of…
A Dick Move on My Part
Hey Darling Ones, Did I ever tell you about the time back in aught-something when I ghosted a man I…
Scenes from the Holiday Gauntlet
Well, Well, Well, Darling Ones, we meet again… After sleeping until 10 a.m. this morning and taking two naps, I’m…