Archive (Page 2) • The Fainting Couch • Buttondown

My last post from Brooklyn

$ · March 9, 2023

We’re moving in 15 days!

On getting over my fears

$ · February 22, 2023

And being a small soft baby

$ · February 2, 2023

We are, literally, movin' on up (to the Hudson Valley)

Sleep — refreshing, sexy sleep

$ · January 20, 2023

For when you need a sleep aid but you're all out of Ambien.

$ · January 5, 2023

On inertia and the weirdness of the new year

2022: The Year That Is Almost Over

$ · December 21, 2022

There were days, and hours, and minutes, and then they were gone

I honestly love you

$ · December 9, 2022

Who’s seen Stutz on Netflix? I need you to see it, and talk about it with me. I do not know what to think. I have many questions. Like: Are other people...

$ · December 1, 2022

A short list of books I think you need to pick up.

The house search continues

$ · November 18, 2022

Quit it with the Yankee Candles!®

Mistakes were made

$ · November 3, 2022

And not just by me!

BONUS POST: Are we doing this?

$ · October 31, 2022

I don't really want to know

Painting with my dad

$ · October 26, 2022

vs. painting alone.

I blame the brain fog

$ · October 13, 2022

For everything, really

House hunting: less fun than I remembered, but still fun, somehow

$ · September 29, 2022

The thing about working for yourself is, you have you for a boss. Me, in my case, is a real softie. “You look tired,” Me will say, “You’ve worked for a good...

$ · September 21, 2022

And up, and up, and up some more.

The inevitable apology post

$ · September 12, 2022

Wait! Don't turn away in disgust!

Honesty is a new thing I am trying!

$ · August 12, 2022

It's a high like no other.

Gone fishin' (sort of)

$ · July 26, 2022

Dear reader, I am on vacation. I am in the country, being hosted by my sister and brother-in-law, who are actually the best. I’ve been calling this getaway a...

$ · July 20, 2022

Thank you for your emails and comments while I was dealing with my most recent bout of mental illness. It’s a bummer that so many of you deal with the same...

But I still wear jean jackets!

$ · June 17, 2022

I can't be that old, right?

Forgot to mention in yesterday's newsletter

$ · June 1, 2022

Writers, come work with me!

$ · May 31, 2022

Please, come with me to crazy-town.

Courage, not confidence

$ · May 24, 2022

I mean, if you've got both, more power to you.

Writers! Get a dog, already!

$ · May 16, 2022

If you want to be a writer, you need a pet. These are the rules (that I made up, right now). I mean, sure, you could write without a pet around, but I hope...

A brief update.

$ · May 9, 2022

Featuring exciting news!

Watch out, it's kamikaze bee season

$ · September 20, 2021

My mom thinks that bees and wasps are more aggressive in the fall because they know they’re going to die. According to my mom, bees are on a suicide mission...

Well, that could have gone better.

$ · September 6, 2021

My dad was a super-devout Catholic who went to church every morning for most of his life, so there was no question that we would have a mass for him,...

Hot town, chicken in the city

$ · August 23, 2021

The end of August in NYC means the air is thick and redolent of warmed garbage. Everyone is surly, including myself. I have to go to midtown in two days and...

The quicksand and the dead

$ · August 15, 2021

Most kids aren't thinking about death lurking around every corner but I was smarter than that. I knew it was coming for me. For us all, really, but I worried...

One of the many ways this newsletter is saving my sanity

$ · August 1, 2021

I feel like I’m inching toward a light bout of agoraphobia. Going outside feels increasingly challenging. Staying inside is easier. If my mom read this she’d...

$ · July 25, 2021

Hello! We’re now in Ditmas Park, still in Brooklyn, not far from where we lived previously. We’re surrounded by gorgeous Victorian houses, while not being in...

A little story for you

$ · July 11, 2021

Some of you may recall the time I got too high on edibles on an anniversary vacation with Scott. I probably should have learned my lesson then but my sister...

$ · July 4, 2021

I’ve been thinking about my dad these days. He died almost a year ago, from Alzheimer’s. The very idea that Alzheimer’s got him really sticks in my craw. He...

This is about forgetting and remembering

$ · June 27, 2021

We’re moving in a couple of weeks, and I cannot remember how to move. Like, how to pack things. Here’s what I remember: Do not overfill book boxes, or the...

I promise not to rename this newsletter "The Empty Nest Chronicles."

$ · June 15, 2021

Hello again, our son has officially moved out. Moved right out, like he’s a fully formed human being! A person I created is on his own, out and about in the...

Here is a tender marital scene for you.

$ · April 28, 2019

This is how it begins.I’m in the bathroom, trying to make sense of my face. I bought a magnifying mirror recently, because otherwise when I put makeup on I’m...