‘Sup Darling Ones? This letter is a fucking trainwreck. I have written and deleted about 600 words having nothing to do with what I wanted to write about. It was all preamble and nonsense. There are two things I wanted to say. 1.) Recently I got introduce Elizabeth McCracken the author of my very favorite novel of all time, The Giant’s House to the song “It’s Only Dancing” by Jeremy Messersmith (I have written about my love for this song…
Hey Darling Ones, On one hand, the idea of a human being having a brand kind of makes me want to barf. We are not corporate entities who exist to make money. On the other hand, it cracks me up when people are funny & original about things that constitute their brand. Or when my family says something snarky about each other and the victim of snark says, “yeah, that’s on brand.” Some of you may have noticed that for…
Hello Darling Ones, I spend roughly six to eight hours a day listening to music. This isn’t an exaggeration. I usually put my headphones on as soon as I’m done with breakfast and don’t take them off until it’s time to make dinner. Sometimes I put them back on after dinner. It’s why 90% of my selfies include headphones, my hair has a permanent headphone divot in it. My sisters laugh at me because I wear headphones all the time…
Hi Darling Ones, My status as A #1 Buzzkill is starting to annoy me. Being sad and woe is me is starting to bug the shit out of me. Like, I’m annoyed by my own brain. We get it, Jodi, you’re sad and lonely, shut fuck the up. The being lonely thing really chaps my hide because after spending my 30s being the loneliest motherfucker on the planet, I worked really hard in my 40s to not let that happen…
Hey Darling Ones, Today was pretty shitty. I’m sorry to be vague but there was some Sister #3 and Tibble drama that had my mom crying to me on the phone before I even poured my coffee this morning. It sucked. Thankfully, the drama was pretty quickly resolved, but the sadness and anger have hung around all day. I do my best not to think of estranged Sister #3 and the Tibbles. The less I think about them the lighter…
Hi Darling Ones, Another lavender plant died in my custody. I didn’t even have this one for a week before it started to die! I was gonna say I killed it, but I think this is just a weak-ass strain of lavender. Once? yeah, probably my fault, but twice? Really? I’ve kept Muriel alive for 17 years so, like I said, I’m practically a farmer. Even though I really want to grow lavender, I’ve decided to have it replaced with…