Hi Darling Ones, My brain is pretty much a never-ending jukebox. I sing songs I know, songs I don’t know,* songs I make up, and nonsense jibber-jabber constantly. I am the star of a very…
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The COVID Diaries: Dull Girl
Hi Darling Ones, I’ve been working my ass off this week and it makes me super dull. All my brain power has been going to this client project that consistently tries to make me feel…
The COVID Diaries: Speaking Before 10
Hi Darling Ones, I long to be a spontaneous, impulsive, and impetuous in a charming way manic pixie dream girl. Instead I am a methodical, routine, and deliberate in a boring way sensible sasquatchian spinster…
The COVID Diaries: That Time My Boss Made Fat Jokes About Me
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…
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: The Groove is Not in My Heart
Hi Darling Ones, I got the yellow headphones and as I suspected they have fixed all the things. I’m unendingly content and frequently experience bursts of unmitigated joy. My loneliness has vanished along with my…
The COVID Diaries: RIP Queen of Savage
Oh Darling Ones, One of my favorite real-life characters died and I am sad. I wrote about Carol Sue once, a long time ago. It’s a good piece. You should read it. Sister #2 and…
The COVID Diaries: Two Things
Hi Darling Ones, I’m sitting on the couch a miasma of anxiety and nerves because a repairman just left and I have a job interview in 58 minutes. Now that the repair is completed I…
The COVID Diaries: I Really Did See Things So Much Clearer
Hi Darling Ones, Despite my emotion hangover brought about by yesterday’s letter, I decided I was gonna get shit done. Shit in this case means updating my portfolio, which is a task I hate more…
The COVID Diaries: Groundhog’s Day
Happy Groundhog’s Day, Darling Ones. When I worked for Jasc at the turn of the century I had a boss who loved Groundhog’s Day. Her name was Sandy and she was a beautiful, elfin woman…