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when my morning comes aroundFebruary and March wore me out. Here’s a voice memo of me learning to play an Iris Dement song after my son went to sleep.
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Yeah, you read that right. I had my identity stolen last month. The crooks got a credit card from Walmart and also opened up a postal box in my name in…
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February 2023

pt. 1: baths I’m good at baths. I can soak for Guinness Book lengths of time. I can order my grocery pick-up, exfoliate, listen to a podcast and…
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My son is in his Uh Oh Phase. I taught him to say it. He used to lose his mind if he spilled his milk. I’d say, “It’s just an ‘uh oh’, honey. There’s no…
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I have dreams where I hang out with people who I don’t actually know. Is this normal? I don’t recall when it started. It was pre-pandemic. I can’t even…
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how I would love to be the earth. holding seeds as they sleep intimately. knowing their gentle opening in the darkness. feeling the pale shoot press…
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January 2023

“What do you two do for a living?” the young woman asks us. “As little as possible,” my friend says. She and I laugh too long and too loudly. The young…
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On the 12 hour ferry ride from Mazatlan to La Paz I lost a filigree pendant that my old roommate gave to me. It was a precious item. She gifted it to me…
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Keep an eye on your lighter. Where did you put your phone charger? Are your keys in his pocket? Are your suits hanging behind his office door?
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Around this time last year I noticed that two of the newsletters I was subscribed to were on Substack. I investigated and decided to give it a rip. I…
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December 2022

we were caught in the rain. you were worried for your hat and so I stuck it up the skirt of my dress like a lunatic. we were new-ish and broken-ish. we…
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I try not to ask much of my family. But at Christmas I expect them to wear make them wear a tissue paper hat. From a silly Christmas cracker come these…
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