Better Know Your Katherine
Hi Bestie!! My birthday is this month ("When? I'll never tell!"), and in my my final efforts to like my birthday, I sent out boxes to a couple of friends,...
Cookie Bobby Bangers (and Ballads)
Hi Bestie!! The current state of the world (as always, since before TLTO started) is a lot, so it's time for some intense navel gazing. I'm trying to like my...
THE BREAD PART OF BREAD AND ROSES
The doctor put her hands over my liver/She told me my resentment's getting smaller… Hi Bestie!! I am on week two feeling absolutely furious. During some...
Things I Learned in June
Hi Bestie!! I started this newsletter in June (I had a joke about Gemini season), and things seemed pretty bad then, and they're not much better now. All day...
Boppin' with the Gals
Hi Bestie!! In June, I started a dribs and drabs post, and a long explanation about Dave Parker ended up long enough for a newsletter of its own. (He's also...
Irregardless, The Daffodils Bloom 🌼
Hi Bestie!! Sending last week's month's newsletter was well-timed, but not planned to coincide with a mass protest. Thank you to everyone who showed up (in...
SELF CARE PART 3 BB
Hi Bestie!! Are you holding up OK? It's the second-most wonderful time of the year when both the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Capitals are playing...
Your TLTO 2024 In Review
Hi Bestie!! All year I planned a post rounding up the best things I bought, read, and ate, but I spent most of December with walking pneumonia so we're not...
We're Off to the Hot Dog Races
There is so much incidental baseball history in this one! 4,000+ words of it. Hi Bestie!! I don't want to see a real hot dog ever again — do not send me...
Let's Talk About Birth Control
*Hold on to this email so you can reference it in the future*.*Plus a recipe for pancakes*. NB: Too Loud & Too Old is pro-abortion and pro-birth control. If...
How to Take Care of Yourself (Part 2)
I started this Wednesday morning. Hi Bestie!! I know everything sucks really hard right now. Here is some advice from my very good friend and former boss:...
How to take care of yourself
LOLOLOLOLOL JUST KIDDING LIKE I WOULD KNOW! When I started therapy in 2021 my therapist gently gave me a hard time for not knowing how to participate in...
Polly Bemis, Woman of the West
Still not hot dogs! Hi Bestie!! I have a fascination with women of the Old West. Not women on horses with guns, though these women did ride horses and most...
The Brief History of Ketchup
A nice prequel to my hot dog article if I ever finish it! Hi Bestie!! Have you ever been asked a question and been so certain you knew the answer that you...
The TLTO Guide fo Disaster Preparedness
I Don't Care If You Hate It! (I don't expect you to memorize this or check it in a disaster, but sometimes in times of stress we remember a kernel of...
Fruit Pajamas
Don't leave, I have a bushel of fruit puns! Hi Bestie!! The item of the summer (a made-up concept!) is a pair of fruit pajamas. You need them for lounging....
I Hope There Are Thermophilic Spiders on Venus!
If you're afraid of spiders, you can skip this one! (No pictures!) Hi Bestie!! I have drafts in the pipeline but write to you having enjoyed Premium Couch...
I love to walk but AT WALK COST
Don't worry, everything's fine! The East Side, when I really, really hated the route. Hi Bestie!! I love walking. You know that. Let's talk about Big Walks....
The TLTO Summer Reading Challenge
Katherine Makes You Read Her Favorite Books This Summer Hi Bestie!! No preamble necessary: it’s summer, and several mental rambles have led to creating the...
I'm Your Homesteading Honeygirl
Hi Bestie!! I'm only teasing myself; I'm no homesteader. (I have read every Little House on the Prairie book.) I'm a decent gardener. I think that's a hobby...