Hi Darling Ones, I recently re-read for maybe the twelfth time Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. It is one of my very favorite books. When I told my friends I just read Geek Love I…
Posts tagged COVID diaries
The COVID Diaries: Cinnamon Girl II, The Atomic Boogaloo
Dear Darling Ones, I would like to report that today was a pretty good day for an endless pandemic during the fall of capitalism. I will tell you the reasons in list form because I’m…
The COVID Diaries: Flap My Wings & Fly Away From Here
Hi Darling Ones, Do you Timehop? Do you know what Timehop is? It’s an app that shows you all your social media garbage on the day you put that garbage out into the universe. Twitter….
The COVID Diaries: Sundays, Spinsters & Sexy Renegades
Hello Darling Ones, You should know that I just scraped macaroni & cheese residue off the sleeve of my shirt with my thumbnail. I had macaroni and cheese for dinner last night (homemade and there…
The COVID Diaries: Cinnamon Girl
Hi Darling Ones, I have typed and deleted roughly 600 words so far during the creation of this letter. My brain is a little spinny today. I can’t seem to grasp any thought for more…
The COVID Diaries: The Color Drained From Her Face
Hey Darling Ones, In an odd bit of serendipity, the audio version of Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics I had on hold at the library came in a few hours before the physical…
The COVID Diaries: How Did You Celebrate the Racist, Fascist Game Show Host’s Departure?
Holy buckets, Darling Ones, I did not expect it to feel this good. In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m pretty jaded, bitter, and cynical*. I’m wary of all things that might make my ice robot…
The COVID Diaries: Back from the Brink
Hi Darling Ones, I’m coming to you just back from the brink of death. Or at least that’s what it feels like. I somehow managed to poison myself with food last night. Of all the…
The COVID Diaries: Dinner with Boomers & Zoomers, or Bueller. Bueller. Bueller.
Hello Darling Ones, Thank for indulging my toxic loneliness yesterday. I felt much better after writing about it and getting those feelings outside myself. Much as I suspected, despite my negative attitude, dinner with The…
The COVID Diaries: I am Unpleasant & Irrational
Hi Darling Ones, I woke up in a pit of loneliness and despair on Friday and I have yet to climb out of it. I’m trying. This weekend I’ve done all the things one should…