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Dec 31 // Best Books (2024)

December 31, 2024

31 Dec 2024weather: uncannymood: alrightmusic: Van Halen, “Could This Be Magic?” Hello pals, The end of the year is upon us! What a year it has...

3 Dec // momentary blissness

December 2, 2024

3 Dec 2024weather: frickin’ freezingmood: balancedmusic: Fontaines DC, “Starburster” A quick one (while he’s away)! December! It’s here! The end of the year...

1 Oct // got me hooked on medicine

October 1, 2024

1 Oct 2024weather: perfectmood: excitedmusic: Matt Berry, “Medicine” He is waiting. Sitting in the station, on one of those long wooden benches, he is...

8 Aug // we're all born screaming

Aug 8 2024weather: gray and coolmood: you know, pretty good!music: St. Vincent, “All Born Screaming” Hi, I think last we spoke I said I’d next be in your...

Jan 23 // They feast on the abundance of your house

January 23, 2024

Jan 23 2024weather: brightermood: brightermusic: Spoon, "Before Destruction" Ahoy, Unexpectedly soon to be writing to you, at least in my mind. I've been...

31 Dec // Best Books (2023)

December 31, 2023

Dec 31 2023weather: some clouds, some chillmood: tryingmusic: Bakar, "1st Time" Dear you, Merry happy, dear readers! I come to you, at the end of this...

Nov 20 // give voice to our doubts

November 20, 2023

Nov 20 2023weather: bright and cold!mood: pre-nostalgia?music: Julia Jacklin, "Be Careful With Yourself" Hello! I started writing this on November 1st and...

1 Oct // I have been lost down every road I follow

October 1, 2023

1 Oct 2023weather: gloriousmood: donning the sacrificial robesmusic: Queens of the Stone Age, "Burn the Witch" It’s like the leaves are trying to taunt him....

6 Sept // open the door & let 'em in

September 6, 2023

6 Sept 2023weather: too hotmood: contemplative, bordering on mournfulmusic: Wings, "Let 'Em In" Morning. (Or insert appropriate greeting for whatever time...

15 Jul // lonely little love dog

15 Jul 2023weather: humid but at least it isn't rainingmood: properly caffeinatedmusic: TV on the Radio, "Red Dress" Well hi. There's a new venue open in...

13 Mar // tell the rain not to drop

13 March 2023weather: snowy?! again?!mood: outside of time, yet inside it toomusic: Madonna, "Don't Tell Me" Hello, you -- I wrote and trashed a half-...

25 Jan // fear is the mind-killer

January 25, 2023

25 January 2023The Catskillsweather: snowymood: seeking balancemusic: Julia Jacklin, "Lydia Wears a Cross" ** Dear you, I've considered writing and re-...

31 Dec 2022 //Best Books

December 31, 2022

I wasn't going to do a best-of list this year. I've been feeling strange about it, been feeling strange about list-culture in general, been wondering what's...

1 Oct 2022 // a new ghost

September 30, 2022

The air across these mountains bites shrewdly, of a sudden. Mere minutes ago, it seems, the horizon was only broad expanses of green and brown. Now, patches...