Darling Ones, I had a stroke in the wee small hours of Monday morning. While the stroke is considered small, the disruption to my life is enormous. Fortunately, my speech and cognition have escaped unharmed. Unfortunately, the limbs on the right side of my body have suffered. I have to use a walker to get to and from the bathroom because I’m so wobbly. My coordination and fine-motor skills are shit at the moment. Typing takes a lot of effort…
Well, Darling Ones, Today is a nightmare combination of anxiety and complicated grief offset with a slate-grey sky out my window to just really, *chef’s kiss* this day. My brain weasels couldn’t decide what should be the priority, my winter-driving anxiety in the face of 3-4 inches of slushy snow falling at the moment, the impending diagnosis of macular degeneration/retinopathy/tumor, or the fact that today is my dad’s birthday. If you’re new here or have forgotten, I drive a 1999…
Hi Darling Ones, Before I get on with the real confession, I have an initial confession that has nothing to do with the real one. I didn’t notice until right now that the eyes featured on the cover of The Great Gatsby are not the eyes of famed oculist Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. It’s pretty obvious. I have no idea why I always thought they were ol’ T.J.’s eyes. For a book I never read during my formal education and only…
Darling Ones, My love of 90s-era Matthew Sweet has flared up recently and boy, has it been an utter delight. As with 98% of all my musical loves, I happened into Matthew Sweet in a haphazard, backwards way. I didn’t fall in love with the “Girlfriend” video like so many people I know. I didn’t pay attention to Matthew Sweet until some intern at Zoo Entertainment sent a copy of “Altered Beast” to the college newspaper where I was the…
Dear Darling Ones, My stomach hurts. Today in #BigBlizzardInMyBackYard hijinks I made some Big Blizzard Bars (Corn chex, peanut butter, chocolate topping). After a failed nap, I decided to give a little taste while putting them away. They are fucking delicious. So delicious I ate about seventeen tiny slivers of bar in about 55 seconds. Then, because I needed some balance in my life, I also shoveled down a handful of Doritos. And thus, a stomachache is born. Currently, I…
So Darling Ones, Allegedly, a metric fuckton of snow is going to fall from the sky and land on the Twin Cities and surrounding areas over the next three days. The meteorologists say it’s likely 16-20 inches of snow will fall from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday night. Though, I’ve seen some maps that say 25-28 inches is likely in the Twin Cities metro area. I am calling this storm the #BigBlizzardInMyBackYard. If you learn one thing about Minnesotans from this…
