Hi Darling Ones, Last week while my infection was wreaking havoc on my life I managed to attend a virtual reading by Hanif Abdurraqib. I’m having a moment with Abdurraqib’s work. His book, A Little Devil in America was the best thing I read in 2021. That’s saying a lot because 2021 was a good reading year for me. I love ALDIA so much that it’s one of my comfort books. I just finished reading it for the third (or…
So Darling Ones, Before I get into the valuable life lessons I learned last week, I would just like to thank “Valentine” by The Replacements and my urinary tract for finally shaking “The Freshmen” out of my skull. “Valentine” is stuck in my head because of the upcoming holiday, but also because I’ve been really sick. And the way I sing the song the line is: Hey, you pop up in some place, so sick & so divine. So here’s…
Darling Ones, Yesterday I zoomed with the Tea Ladies. When one of them told a story she introduced as bound to warm the cockles of our hearts I said, “I don’t have a heart. There’s just a crusty chicken McNugget in there.” Last week when I was chatting on the phone with EM I shouted, repeatedly, “I AM FLOUNDERING.” I am fucking cranky and miserable. And today it got even worse because not only do I have an excessively virulent…
Hi Darling Ones, From the very first time I saw “Reality Bites” at an Eau Claire movie theater with my pal Amy in 1994 I’ve been a Lelaina. Of course I wanted to be a Vicky. Who didn’t? She was a sarcastic, droll, vintage, fuck & run kinda girl. She did not care about letters or sodas. I still kinda want to be Vicky. Instead, I was an earnest, eager, “I was gonna be someone by the time I was…
Ugh, Darling Ones, This week has been utter shit and it’s bringing me down. 1. I’ve had the song since Christmas time. It’s 100% my fault. A few years back I made an incredibly singable playlist of one-hit wonders from the 90s. My sibs & nibs all love this playlist and whenever it’s on someone is bound to burst into song. It’s fun. At least it was fun for that week in December when they were here. Having “The Freshman”…
Hi Darling Ones, Ever since my dad died in September, he has been in every single dream I remember having. Doesn’t matter what the theme of the dream is, he’s there, usually in the background. He rarely has a speaking role. He had a bigger role in the dreams shortly after his death, and the him in those dreams was the frail him of his last two years. The him in my dreams now, as an extra in the movies…
