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The Nexus of All Staircases
July 26, 2024
It’s July 26. I will miss Seattle’s mild summer nights. Here’s the Potpourri. Doctor Depravity and the Witch’s Coin The churning word-generator in my skull...
Selfies for Algernon
July 19, 2024
It’s July 19 and the storm is falling away from the eye. When in doubt, potpourri. Old News I’m writing this about 15 hours before it’s scheduled to go out...
The Nervous System Reset
July 14, 2024
Yesterday I was scared. “Could reality stop being so fucking world-historical?” I asked the ether. But I’m surprised and a little impressed with how fast I...
From the Desk of the White Rabbit
July 7, 2024
I’m late, I’m late! I took the occasion of a long holiday weekend to forget all my worries, forget all my cares, and go…not downtown exactly, but to a...
Soma & Axiom
June 28, 2024
Now here’s a beat for June 28 and you come in with the melody. It’s Marzipan Potpourri. Luma & Micro One of my more lasting internet obsessions has been the...
The Big Sugar Jetfighter Bonanza
June 21, 2024
It’s June 21 in the old house tonight, babulons. Let’s Potp. The Big Sugar Jetfighter Bonanza A Guided By Voices song that doesn’t exist yet? Really just...
Feel-Feel the Limb-Limbs
June 14, 2024
It’s June 14. We’re halfway through this year already? I’ve worn the skin of time a while now, but its stretchings and contractions remain mysterious....
Sniffling from the Underpalace
June 8, 2024
It’s June! One of my favorite months. Let’s enjoy it together. “Take your time. Hurry up. Choice is yours. Don’t be late.” I forgot! The week was busy and...
Euphony for Dummies
May 31, 2024
As we say in Potpoupolis, it’s always May 31 somewhere. Let us boogie. Sleep Creep My sleep schedule is wacky right now. I’m getting enough sleep, thank...
Yawny Monsters and Super Sleeps
May 24, 2024
On a day like May 24, there’s more than one way to smell the roses. Thanks for flying Potpourri. Dudes of Yore The benefit of time and social change has made...
The Battle of Mid-May
May 17, 2024
It’s May 17. There are stranger things afoot at the Circle K, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your Potpourri. Wingin’ It This will be a short weird one....
Money Is No Subject
May 10, 2024
We convene at the maypole for the rites of spring. Here’s the Potpourri. Here Come the Warm Jets At time of writing it’s a comfortable 56°F, but it’s...
Bedbugs and Boomsticks
May 3, 2024
April was long, but we May’d it. Here’s the Potpourri. To Be Clear I have neither bedbugs nor boomsticks. I may have seen Bedknobs and Broomsticks as a child...
Pangea is Calling
April 26, 2024
April 26. A pretty anonymous date to me, but a birthday to millions! An auspicious anniversary, a last day at work, a first time driving a car, et cetera!...
The Cat's Away
April 20, 2024
It’s April 20 and I forgot to write a newsletter this week. I’m almost glad, in a way; it means I’m relaxed enough about this creative output for it to...
Belt Loops in the Planetary Jeans
April 12, 2024
Four twelve and twenty fours ago...(indistinct mumbling)...that potpourri shall not perish from the earth. Jauntingafornia That's sung to the tune of...
Surprise!
April 4, 2024
Marzipan Potpourri? On a Thursday? It's more likely than you think. It's My Birthday Yes, I'm 39 today. That felt like sufficient occasion for slight...
The Long March
March 29, 2024
Leap years deny us the fast ramp into March and Daylight Savings delivers the coup de grace. Let's burn through the rest of this sucker with Potpourri...
Nota Bene (not a bean)
March 22, 2024
It's March 22. Why is March so long? I guess that's nominative determinism. Anyway, here's a floral mix of different odds and ends from your friend Mr....
Back to Life
March 15, 2024
I crossed a certain Rubicon last week by not putting out Marzipan Potpourri at all. Sorry to anyone who worried I'd been savaged on the Senate floor, but the...
Marching Orders
March 1, 2024
It's March 1; we survive another Leap Day unscathed. Here's the Potpourri. Obligate Yarnivore Not sure what this means but I'm enjoying the wordplay. I have...
Two Zigs per Zag
February 23, 2024
It's February 23, a date whose very syllables smell of blossoms. Into the Potpourri they go. A Home for Unloved Flowers A euphoria of alstroemeria. The...
Make 'rri while the Sun Shines
February 16, 2024
It's February 16 and the evenings are coming on a few minutes later. Here's the Potpourri. One Whole Bedroom? I don't want to count my chickens just yet, but...
Cobweb Cookbooks
February 9, 2024
It's Friday, February 9! Let's potp (pronounced "pope"). Sunday, February 4 I usually write this on Thursday night, which gives a feeling of continuity...
Kettle by Maserati
February 2, 2024
It's February 2. Two-two to you too! Here's the Potpourri. Predicate Nominative I wish I could tell you what this means without quoting a style manual....
Mango Roses Light My Path
January 26, 2024
It's January 26. January is very long, is it not? Here's the Potpourri. Mango Roses Light My Path Sunshine. These roses are making my week. You can see the...
You Can't Keep a Wood Ham Wound
January 19, 2024
It's January 19. I was going to declare my triumphant return with "you can't keep a good man down," but that just didn't seem very Potpourri. Double Double...
Crumbles Cookiewise
January 12, 2024
It's January 12, and I need a break. A whole year of eventfulness was packed into the first ten days of January. We'll get back to regularly scheduled...
Mix n' Mum
January 5, 2024
It's Friday, January 5. Doesn't it seem like this week should also be a holiday? Here's the Potpourri. § Mix n' Mum At the grocery store's floral section I...
Tower of Verse
December 29, 2023
Greetings! It's the last Friday of 2023, and the Potpourri is looking ship-shape for 2024. § True Year's Eve The new year always feels a little arbitrary to...
The Tuesday Test Case
December 26, 2023
It's...Tuesday? December 26? Hello! I am seeing if this is on. I've imported my email lists from the previous platform to my new home on Buttondown....
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