Dear Darling Ones, I spent the winter of 1996 binge-watching “Twin Peaks.” I got to binge it because my brother-in-law got the Twin Peaks box set on VHS for Christmas 1995. I promise this is not a post about Twin Peaks or how, five years later, I’m still mad at that shitty, confusing season three. Nor is it about how a lot of people declare things great art rather than admit something is baffling or perplexing or just generally make…
Dear Darling Ones, Something I forgot to mention in all my whininess yesterday is how very okay I am with being single and alone. I’m pretty self-sufficient. I can pay my bills, feed myself, pleasure myself, and most importantly, amuse myself. I legit find myself hilarious. I crack me up all the time. I’ convinced I will die by choking while laughing at a joke I told myself in my head. I’ve come close before. Today I made a joke…
Hi Darling Ones, Carnations always make me think of that scene in “Sex in the City” when Berger breaks up with Carrie on a post-it note. This is kind of a shame, because I really love carnations. They’re not my first (lilies), second (peonies), or third (daisies) favorite flower, but I still love them. They’re criminally underrated. The first flowers I ever got were carnations leftover from a Mother’s Day brunch promotion at Country Kitchen where my mom worked when…
Hi Darling Ones, I can already hear the complaints. “ANOTHER listicle, Jodi Chromey? We do not pay you for pointless listicles. We demand high-quality, gut-wrenching yet ultimately life-affirming content or we want our money back.” These are the complaints of the imaginary people who care about what I write here. They’re kinda assholes. Good thing I don’t take their money. I always feel kinda shitty when I do too many listicles in a row, like they’re gonna take away my…
Hi Darling Ones, I don’t know about you, but so far 2022 fiction is just not floating my boat, tripping my trigger, or setting my heart on fire with passion and love. I’ve read some good novels (see below), but nothing that’s really, really infected my world. This is unusual for me, because novels are very much my thing. If you have read some kind of fiction that lit you up, even if it’s not from 2022, please let me…
Hi Darling Ones, Today was an unexpected slow work day in what in the midst of these busy summer months. I’m in that lull where I’ve gone as far as I can on all my projects and am now waiting for feedback. It’s most welcome because I slept like garbage last night and woke up on the furious side of the bed this morning. Because I don’t feel like thinking about the tyranny of this specific moment in history, here’s…
