(Life is not a highway.) However, 169 is a highway that runs by my house. For all you stalkers, I live a few blocks south of 169. You should note that I refuse to open…
Day 168 of 200: How We Learned in the Time Before Google
Total gas station used to be on the corner of First Avenue and Atwood in Shakopee. The house my parents’ rented was right across the street. I worked the 3-11 shift most nights in 1996…
Day 167 of 200: Let Me Tell You About My Day
First of all, it has come to my attention that 1989 was 30 years ago. How can simple math and the passage of time hurt my feelings so much? Is it because I’m still sick…
Day 166 of 200: Still Frivolous After All These Years
We’re six days into 2019, but damnit Darling Ones, it’s been a motherfucker so far. Let me count the ways: I’m still sick Today my furnace decided to be a total sporadically working and not…
Day 165 of 200: Sickbed Confessional
I did not make warm, life-affirming soup for my family before their departure to Oregon. Instead, I told them I was sick and they should bring food, so they did. When I said hello to…
Day 163 of 200: The Consumption
At one point today I sat on the couch coughing and crying and feeling so miserable that I didn’t know what to do with myself. I can’t remember the last time I was this sick…
Day 162 to 200: New Year’s Resolutions for Me
Read at least 60 books. Be a little more generous in my definition of creating. Cooking is creative. Crocheting is creative. It doesn’t have to just be writing fiction. After I finish my 200 Days…
Day 161 of 200: New Year’s Resolutions for the Internet
Nobody over the age of 12 will post picks of themselves using one of those big-eyed, rosy-cheeked, animal-earred or the like Snapchat filters. Nobody is amused or thinking “ohhh, cute.” Also, in the same vein,…
Day 160 of 200: Top Nine & Other Notable Reads
Top Nine Presented in no particular order, though my favorite non-fiction this year was Dessa and my favorite novel was Ayobami Adebeyo’s. Charmed me in a way that I wasn’t expecting: Chemistry by Weike Wang…
Day 159 of 200: I Made This (Holiday Edition)
First of all, you should know that a rabid squirrel died in my chest over night and I am doing my best to cough that sucker out. I should have realized I was getting sick…