Widening and narrowing
Hello, Readers All, As we adjust to life sans unemployment benefits, I find it’s doing curious things. In some ways, it’s widening (I can finally apply for...
One Hundred Weeks and Counting!
Hello, Readers All, Some of you have been reading along (at least I hope you have) for one hundred weeks now. Bored yet? Sick of the same old slog? Too bad....
There's always a workaround
Hello, Readers All, So some new features on Buttondown were a bit glitchy, so I'm going to see how I can work around that. Ah, but I see that at least some...
Oh, let's go there!
Hello, Readers All! Ok, so we got everything west of the Mississippi burning to the ground and everything east of it flooding. Time to go off the deep end....
Fridge is securely against the door
Hello, Readers All, Our trip was really wonderful but enough is enough. We were both reminded of travel crap so it's a good thing we won't be moving the...
No, really. I'm gone!
Hello, Readers All, It sound like me and the stories are definitely written by me. AleXander has even contributed to this ghostly missive sent from my phone...
Before I go...
Hello, Readers All, I must being going! Not to worry. It's only for a week and as my partner in art and life has already figured out - clever AleXander! - I...
May as well celebrate
Hello, Readers All, Here we are on the cusp of what may or may not be another death round from our friend, the virus, and what should we do? I say let’s...
Why, yes. Yes I am still masking. Aren't you?
Hello, Readers All, Right off the bat, a wee bit of administrative catching up. Some subscribers recently told me that they didn't realize they had the...
Midsummer's Eve Crapshoot
Hello, Readers All, I genuinely hope summer is being kind to you wherever you are because she’s being one serious fiend in too many places. Sez I. To...
I didn't forget, I just remembered late
Hello, Readers All, In case anyone was checking their watch to see what had happened to my like-clockwork Sunday night missive....you can relax now. It's...
Glorious? Meh.
Hello, Readers All, I'm guessing that due to the drought and successive insane heat waves out in the western part of the U.S., the whole fireworks thing...
Toooooooooo HOT!
Hello, Readers All, Actually having seen our first nutcracker vendors at the Queer Liberation March today, I can safely assume Summer 2021 has officially...
Double the fun!
Hello, Readers All, So one tiny moment to crow in triumph: I’ve doubled my number of paid subscribers. There are now two of you! 86 consecutive weeks of new...
The Goodie Bag
Hello, Readers All, Look! It’s the end of another weekend and here I am with new stories. AND I dreamt the perfect extra goodies for paid subscribers - which...
Premium Subscriber Number One!
Hello, Readers All, Welp, it’s happened. Ok, almost happened. My first premium subscriber tried to subscribe but because I hadn’t dotted all my t’s and...
Heating up to cool right back down
Hello, Readers All, Last Saturday I was ready to bid spring a fond farewell as we hit 91 degrees. Today it barely cleared 50 degrees and the rain never let...
Hey, I did it!
Hello, Readers All! So when I scrolled to the bottom of last week's newsletter I discovered a new link that says: "Sign up for premium subscription". I did...
Carrying on
Hello, Readers All, So after all that fuss about Patreon and Substack and setting up a paid subscription option here - still a mystery, btw - I'm just going...
Almost cut my hair....say, that's catchy
Hello, Readers All, First, a gigantic electronic hug to those of you who responded to the informal survey and let me know you’re up for whatever, whenever,...