Hi Darling Ones, I’m a little down the dumps today. I’m trying mightily to get out of these dumps, listening…
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Recovering From a Stroke is Like Jr. High
Hey Darling Ones, If you had the great misfortune of attending Roosevelt Junior High in Blaine, Minnesota during the 80s,…
Stroke Me Day 40: Like Oscar the Grouch
Hello Darling Ones, Yesterday, I accidentally blurted out 45 years of fat kid trauma onto my unsuspecting physical therapist. I…
Stroke Me Day 30: System Failure
Dear Darling Ones, Thirty days after the stroke that leveled me, I finally finally FINALLY have a physical therapy appointment….
Back on My Bullshit, This Time With New Glasses
So, Darling Ones, it’s confession time. One of my unwritten about (I think) goals for 2022 was to get my…
What is the Proper Way to Respond to Someone Making Fun of Your Looks?
Well, Darling Ones, Last night’s Oscar ceremony was a trip. If you live under a rock you might not know…
On the Boards
Hello Darling Ones, I’ve been reading Nichole Perkins’ essay collection Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be, which…
Don’t Take This the Wrong Way
Dear Darling Ones, In exactly six months I will turn fifty. 50! Today is my half-birthday. I only remember this…
The Dirty Book
Dear Darling Ones, I first read Forever. . . by Judy Blume in 1983. I wish I could remember the…
Getting My Foot in Someone’s Door
Dear Darling Ones, This week I re-read Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face and Ann Patchett’s Truth & Beauty. I…