April Updates
Friends, Click here to read my April blog post, where I finally write out the story of the time my old Chevy Lumina broke down on Lake Shore Drive on a...
Artful Resurrection (Mixed Media)
Friends, I was distraught back in January when I heard that the Town Theatre in Highland, Indiana, was finally going to be knocked down. It had sat dormant...
Heating Things Up in February
Friends, As a staff member at the Portland Psychic School (online only, y'all; I haven't relocated), I recently assisted with a five-week class all about...
Course Correcting for 2018
Hi, friends! I'm gonna try something new this year--keeping things short and sweet! Of course you know I'll go on at length if something comes up that I'm...
Happy Holidays! Looking Back at 2017
Happy (Almost) New Year, Friends! This officially makes two years that I've been coming into your inbox on a monthly basis to give you the scoop on what I've...
TV Makes Me Sad (& So Did the Liam Gallagher Show)
Hello, friends! Remember how I mentioned last month how excited I was about going to see Liam Gallagher in concert? I was THIS excited: Which is to say, I...
The All '90s Edition
Hello, friends! Welcome to the fall! It's been deliciously chilly in Chicago the past week or more, and I couldn't be happier about it. We brought all our...
The September of Lost Words
Hi! Happy fall! How are you surviving our political hellscape? This whole year has been rough, I know, but my god, how especially rough have these past few...
Cookie Fail, Micro-Specific Reggae Preferences, and Oh Yeah, a Trip to Italy
Happy (early) Labor Day weekend, friends! Can you believe the summer is waning so quickly? Although I don't think I'm a particularly good cook, I do enjoy...
Summer Music--Qodèxx, Frank Ocean's Blonde, and the Cordovox
I hope you've all been having a beautiful summer, friends! When I sent out last July's newsletter, which contained a link to a mix of music that I'd put...
The Psychic Energy of Musical Silence and the Soundtrack to a Wordless Comic
My friends! I hope you had a very happy June. [And, I'm sorry if you end up receiving this message twice. I was having some tech trouble getting it out on...
RIP Denis Johnson and Other Grief Thoughts
Greetings, friends! I guess since this newsletter has become a space for me to talk about personally meaningful artists and other cultural figures who have...
Cacti, The Divine Comedy, An Upcoming Concert, and More
Friends! Hello! We found ourselves in Connecticut at the beginning of the month, for Brian to give a talk about his book at the Waterbury campus of the...
March is Time to Change Colors and Bloom
Happy March, friends! Ooh, as soon as we hit that spring solstice, I definitely felt a shift in my perspective. A spring-inspired spring in my step usually...
February the Interminable
Hello, friends! I always assumed that February tends to feel interminable because of the combination of the cold weather and my childlike anticipation of my...
January 2017: Finding Good Luck in the City and More
Dear friends, it feels so nice to reach out and be in touch with you right now. Just to be frank about it, I'm not the most politically savvy person in the...
Happy New Year! Looking Back at 2016
Happy holidays, friends! This officially makes a year that I've been coming into your inbox on a monthly basis to give you the scoop on what I've been...
November Updates: Jimi Hendrix's Birthday, Choir Concerts, and More
So, I guess the question on everyone's minds right now is "how are you surviving this November"? As if the immediate aftermath of the election wasn't hard...
October Treats!
October greetings, friends! Of course the big news in Chicago right now is the World Series. Brian and I lived about a mile away from Wrigley Field for a...
Remembering Curtis Hanson & My Best Friend's Mother
It's autumn! Hurrah! Yes, I am supremely basic (as the children would say) in my love of fall. Hot coffee and light sweaters, crisp evenings and sunny days,...