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1 my favored month in the glorious thick of summer. when it’s so hot that the evening cool air, if you’re lucky, feels delicious. my houseplants thrive,...

for a while, and particularly for the past few summers, i have contemplated getting an ice machine (our freezer has a built-in ice maker but there's...

i remember thinking, as a kid born in the 80s, that music from the 80s sounded so old. they were the oldies and they weren't even that old, relatively. and...

it’s the most dreadful part of winter, and so

January 25, 2024

i usually use ulysses to write on my ipad, but it keeps re-downloading all of my cloud files and i get distracted by staring at the sidebar which is in a...

the immense noise

August 24, 2023

we left the windows open all day, for the first time in months. it’s so quiet without the a/c and the fans whirring, except there’s also the noises of...

crimson and clover, over and over

are we all persephone, dragged into the underworld for half the year? and on the other side, we have summer: the luscious farmer’s market fruit, a halo of...

i am depressed!

February 14, 2023

for part of the winter, i am like: i love this, actually, because i can wear chunky knits and fleeced leggings and i am not wearing a sheen of sweat, always....

the dying breaths of leo season

August 31, 2022

i am not ready for virgo szn, even though it’s already here. i am mourning, as ㅎ said, the dying breaths of leo season. even though i didn’t love the record-...

sometimes i want to be industrious and update my hobonichi and write something for a project in notion and other times i want to change into my house dress,...

i, i keep a record of the wreckage in my life

September 13, 2021

the other day h pointed out that i’ve listened to taylor swift the most on spotify, and by that ranking, it seems i like her more than billie eilish. but...

a little games, mostly Billie | Beyoncé | Olivia | Lorde

📌 Note: (The italicized parenthetical remarks are from my most recent self on July 2.) Hi. Enough time has passed that I can call this my Q2 edition. 🥲 (And,...

🌷 March 2021 🌷

We live near a school which shut down last year. I like to walk Miso there. It feels safe, and strange; through the glass, you can see piles of chairs, desks...

it got away from me, as always. i have wisps of drafts, unrefined rocks of thoughts yet untumbled. i am finally sat down, and i am tired now. i don’t do a...

lately & furc 〰️ 3 things

February 1, 2021

i’ve been meaning to write pt. 2 of the august mix, but i haven’t. lately i’ve been trying to figure out how i can cheat bar chords on the guitar, learning...

letter of recommendation

January 2, 2021

i was going to write something more thoughtful, but i started this retrospective way too late and it’s practically almost (and it's now) 1/2/21 in this time...

September 1, 2020

august work shit chores himalayan blackberry loungers plastic blocks, pixel cards ‘za folklore avatar fixed stars wildness mania (bonus track) 1. work shit...

18: Alone, Kipo

CW: Animal murder We watch Alone sometimes: a U.S. survival reality show where contestants are placed miles apart in a wilderness. The prize is half a...

current mood: okay

pods after seven years, kevin smith restarted my favorite podcast with his wife: plus one. re-listening to the old episodes is sort of weird, because i can...

Love in the Time of Corona

Not much to say this month. I read My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell. It was very sad, very dark, and I think very necessary. She articulates the...

The Invisible Man, New Year, Business Miso, Billie

the invisible man We watched The Invisible Man and it was chilling. There is a lot of silence, a lot of long shots panning through the rooms of a house and...

things i'll miss about bloomington

the three trails through town, partway lined with canopies of trees, partway gravel, stretching downtown and farther south, past an enormous field with...

January 15, 2018

why i haven't written

September 26, 2017

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January 15, 2017

twitter tonight

January 11, 2017