Timing is everything and mine sucks
Hello, Readers All,
I was feeling all smug about my timing until recently. Hey, I'm the one who managed to get laid off in time to benefit from extension after extension of unemployment benefits thanks to our friend, the virus (thanks, no thanks).
When the Failed Real Estate Developer in Chief did his familiar wreck-it-and-then-backtrack cha cha cha, my partner and I were put into a tough spot. Along with a LOT of other people. However, my unemployment benefits have been on hold for a month while I awaited my replacement Social Security card to verify my identity to the folks who have been sending me benefits for a year. Go. Figure.
So, no income for a month now. The SS card arrived two days ago just in time for the whole jangly old mess to go south. Who knows when we'll receive any further benefits. But the rent is paid for January. So really we're ok. For now.
Welp, guess it's time to just go for a walk in the snow in Central Park. Come with?
Snow Day, Central Park. Our 840 acres of backyard | by Remington Write | The Partnered Pen | Medium
Our 840 acres of backyard
While pieces about writing tend to do well on Medium, I generally shy away from including them here. You're usually wearing your reading hats here. What do you care about how the magic gets done?
Or maybe you do. What do I know?
The Surprised Writer. Keeps the Reader | by Remington Write | ILLUMINATION-Curated | Medium
Keeps the Reader
Another type of story that does well with readers (and that I never shy away from sharing) is anything about my cat.
My Cat Got Old. What do you mean, she can’t live… | by Remington Write | The Partnered Pen | Medium
What do you mean, she can’t live forever?
Moving to fiction, I hopped on the old JT Leroy bandwagon (ask the Google) for this sly snip of a story.
Sign It To…... It’s like you really know me | by Remington Write | Medium
It’s like you really know me
And AleXander's piece this week is about his ongoing Topsy Turvey project. You'll see:
Topsy-Turvy. A View Of Reality, Flip’d | by aleXander hirka | Medium
A View Of Reality, Flip’d
And there we are. Week 62 of this newsletter. So far, so good. I really am wowed by the generosity of several of you, btw. Setting my hat by the door seemed like a polite way to gauge if what I'm putting out there is hitting any actual eyeballs. I've considered setting up a Patreon account, but that's a bit too pushy for me. One regular dropper-of-coin into the hat tells me that he considers this his subscription (thanks, Dave, youse a peach!).
https://ko-fi.com/remingtonwriteGiven the current situation, you'll forgive me if I lift the hat and draw a bit of extra attention to it here by the door. Thank you, your patience is deeply appreciated. Even more appreciated, that again this past week a whole honking lot of you opened the email and a not insignificant number of you clicked on one or more stories. Huzzah!!!!!
I'll try to keep the good stuff coming and a thousand sincere thank yous for subscribing, reading, and responding. Youse are ALL peaches!
Remington.write@gmail.com is where you get to tell me in no uncertain terms anything you feel like telling me.
Until next week, let's keep trudging together, hmm?
RW