Dear Darling Ones, I finished reading book #99 in 2021. It was about menopause. I know slightly more about the mysterious biological happening than I did before, which isn’t saying much. To celebrate the milestone…
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Too Crabby to Write a Proper Headline
Hi Darling Ones, I don’t know about you, but this week has been a drag. I’m lethargic, alternately bored and unmotivated. I give this week two thumbs down and a long, sustained fart noise. Work…
The COVID Diaries: [Pronoun] Was So [Adj] Last Night
Dear Darling Ones, I won’t go on and on about the conversation I witnessed between Karen Russell and Elizabeth McCracken. You kind of had to be there to accurately understand the magic. However there are…
The COVID Diaries: An Unimagined Temptation
Hi Darling Ones, Here’s a temptation I never imagined would be a thing: Earth Day sales. You know who is really into Earth Day sales? Plant stores. PLANT STORES! I am proud to admit that…
The COVID Diaries: So Long Sweet Valley, Hello Hootenanny in E
Hi Darling Ones, When I was 18 I read A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving for the first time and it changed my life. After that, I quickly read every book by John…
The COVID Diaries: A Goddamn Delight
Hi Darling Ones, This weekend I made the extremely smart decision to re-read Kevin Brockmeier’s The Brief History of the Dead, a novel about the end of the world caused by a viral pandemic that…