What is a life lived but an array of objects
I think about jewelry an awful lot for someone who mostly doesn’t wear jewelry. Partially this is a decorative arts thing and I DO like to look at the flashy...
Do I dare to eat a peach?
When you put stress- in front of a word it becomes a thing you are doing in reaction to outside stimuli and not because your brain sometimes actively works...
I’m out of practice at controlling my expression.
Earlier this year, I took part in a book exchange. The idea was that you responded to a friend’s post about the exchange, they gave you a name and address to...
oh hey
so. it’s been awhile, yeah? sorry about that. there have been some big changes and little changes in my life, as I’m sure there have been in yours. I’ve been...
doors
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the only other option is to lie still and learn nothing
I found I had a lot to say this week. To begin: a love letter to a house. Years before I was born, my uncle built a house on the North Carolina coast. It...
the border is to be on the way
I have a fraught relationship with food. I don't enjoy eating, in general. I don't enjoy cooking. I frequently get through each day by mentally calculating...
our little road with never a crossroad in sight
dear friends, I was talking to a friend this week and mentioned that I have this newsletter I write, and she checked it out and then told me "it's got to be...
I don’t even want to come in out of the rain
dear, dearest friends, It's been five months, and in that time I have mentally written and send a half a dozen missives, at least. I've missed you! Let's...
Space is too dangerous and wonderful to face alone.
greetings, friends I hope you’re ready for some ruminations about found families, because that is where I’m AT. Longtime subscribers will know this is far...
trust: i am no god, only woodworm
welcome! I saw Captain Marvel last weekend, which was fun and strange for a few reasons. It was odd to watch it and remember when the existence of that movie...
i want my mouth to make the shapes your mouth makes
Hi! Yes, I know I it's only been a week since my last missive. I'm keeping you on your toes. I had an odd reaction to a movie this week. I watched The...
I needed to have an emotion in private
hi hi there This past Christmas, I gave my best friend a copy of The Future is Female, an anthology of science fiction stories written by women from the...
baby I'm the whole damn meal
I am not very good at change. This is surely not news to you, a person who used to receive a newsletter every other week like clockwork and now gets one...
a person to whom things do not happen
Hello! If you follow me anywhere on social media, you will know that I have been reading Mark Dery’s recent biography of Edward Gorey, appropriately called...
and a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush
hello! I think about houses a lot. So much so that I am genuinely afraid to check if I began my last newsletter in just this way. I might have. I’m not going...
It starts with doors.
Friends! Hello! I’ve been thinking a lot about magical houses recently. To be honest, I’m nearly always thinking about magical houses, as magical houses are...
where I end and begin still belongs to me
Hi! I did say I'd be back, didn't I? I’ve been thinking a lot about star signs lately. Growing up, my understanding of the zodiac was that my mom would...
she felt very tired
Hi! It's me, your old friend! It's been a minute, hasn't it? If it seems like I dropped off the face of the earth that's because....I did. At the very least,...
getting lost in the dark is my favorite part
Hi good friends and enemies! I hope y'all are ready to dive into this newsletter. But first, an announcement! Coming soon: A PODCAST.My friend Robyn and I...