Hola Darling Ones, Well, we made it to 2026 and it’s been a real kick in the crotch, hasn’t it? On January first I started using this neck & chest firming cream before bed each night because I’m well past my prime. I have/had a ridiculous amount of creams, potions, and unguents from good ol’2020 when I had more money than sense. I’ve been making my way through them over the past year or so. Most of them are crap…
Holy Shit, Darling Ones, I’m in a little bit of denial that 2025 is at its end. This whole holiday flew by in a flash. It went by so fast that I only took about four pictures the whole time. One of those pics were from our Christmas Dinner Saltine Taste Test. Premium won by a landslide, with the store-brand Hy-vee saltines a distant second. Zesta were a disgusting, weirdly plastic tasting third. Even though there are still a few…
Hello Darling Ones, A voicemail from my Poor People’s insurance company just prompted me to burst into tears. The message was about connecting me with Second Harvest Heartland in case I needed help securing food. The tears were a mix of gratitude that I don’t need that kind of help and sadness that so many do. ‘Tis the season, ya know. After Minnesota Octobers and the Boys’ High School Hockey Tournament, Christmas is my favorite season. And the older I…
Dear Darling Ones, One of the benefits of being poor is the insurance, or at least it is right now. Who knows what the future holds for poor people insurance? Probably nothing. The only thing America hates more than black people, anyone not generally white passing, LGBTQIA+, and women, is poor people. This country hates poor people because, like the good capitalist robots we are trained to be, we equate wealth with intelligence, hard work, and moral superiority. Only stupid…
Hiya Darling Ones, There has been some very minor, minute, minuscule movement on the big issues in my life. If you have forgotten what those are, they’re The Dole and Non-Janky Wheelchair. On The Dole front I got a sheaf of papers from Social Security asking me if I hired a representative (I did) and asking me how I’d like to conduct my hearing (via video call). Now, according to the lovely paralegal I work with, I wait a “few…
Hi Darling Ones, I’ve had a lot on mind. Well, I always do. But lately I’ve been thinking about the two finger-snaps in Dire Straits’ “Romeo & Juliet” and if the are significant in some way, if they are meant to symbolize something. You’d be surprised by how much I think about this. It is more than a lot. However, since the federal government shutdown I’ve been thinking about other things. Namely the boundless cruelty of the USA and the…
