All COVID, All The Time!
Hello, Readers All, What are the numbers in your part of the forest? Locally, we're running between 2.5% and 4% which isn't enough to keep me out of the...
Taking whatever comes as it comes.
Hello, Readers, ALL! It's been a week all right. How has yours been? I could natter on about what did or didn't happen but that's generally what I've been...
Dark enough yet? Not really.
Hello, Readers All! We're heading into the real dark part of the year and if you're susceptible to that darkness, here, let's hold hands. It probably won't...
Shorter days, darker nights
Hello, Readers All, Unless you're in a far away hemisphere you're probably working on some serious SAD-prevention strategies. I've never felt that I had...
Baby steps
Hello, Readers All, Well, it’s nice to be vertical and sucking air. I’ve even made it out into the great outer world several times this past week. But now...
Hey, What's Going On Outdoors?
Hello, Readers All, I haven’t been out much lately so I’m surprised to discover that autumn has been busy arriving while I’ve been indoors recuperating from...
Goodbye Gallbladder
Hello, Readers All, Most of the shenanigans of the past week are covered in the following essays so I can just put this baby out and go back to bed. First:...
Wait! I have a great excuse!
Hello Readers All, So here’s the reason I’m getting the newsletter out late this week: I forgot. But, in my defense, I forgot because I’m madly trying to...
Before it gets cold
Hello, Readers All, Summer never is in a hurry to leave this part of the world and I’m ok with that. I may deeply dislike true New York summer heat, but this...
Denial is a valid coping strategy
Hello, Readers All, How is everyone? I see you hiding under the bed, come on out. And you, over there, get that refrigerator away from the door. It only...
Closing windows
Hello Readers All! From about the middle of June until roughly ten minutes ago all four windows in our little abode have been open. No more. The morning...
Let's not rush things, k?
Hello, Readers All, So it’s officially autumn which means it’s the perfect time to try out the whole Citibike thing for the very first time. It’s a real roll...
Windows closed, heat's up
Hello, Readers All, Third week of September and third week of Our Hours. So far, my partner and I have managed to each write a new story for 20 days in a row...
Wait? Summer's over? NO!
Hello, Readers All, I suppose that technically summer won’t be over until the 21st and weather-wise we’re sitting pretty for another six to eight weeks...
No, Virginia, NYC is NOT post-COVID.
Hello, Readers All, You’ll forgive my tunnel vision with this pandemic, but it’s kind of all there is some days. I read the opening paragraphs of an...
How open are they going to go I wonder?
Hellooooo, Readers All, So today was the last day to ride the NYC buses for free. Since March we've all boarded buses via the back door with the front of the...
Nice? I have to be nice, too?
Hello, Readers All, I'm not nice but sometimes I can put up a pretty decent facade, enough to keep people fooled anyway. I'm also not very good at Adulting....
Cicadas and fireflies, nearly a normal summer
Hello, Readers All, How has your summer been? It's nuts, right? The cicadas seemed to be slow in coming on this year, but now they're buzzing their hearts...
Did you come together?
Hello, Readers All, In case you missed it (and maybe you did), yesterday was the 22nd celebration of One World Orgasm Day. My partner, AleXander, established...
Dry wood and hungry fires
Hello, Readers All, An email from a friend with some veracity was chilling to receive tonight: “Mounting reports of Covid-19 re-infections and waning...