airplane emoji
[Alt text: A large Yayoi Kusama pumpkin sculpture decorated with polka dots in a room with polka dot walls and floors.] In a few weeks I'm going to Spain for...
more dogs, less wine
[Alt text: My neighbor's dog, who I finally got to take care of over the weekend, lying in my bed with his head wedged between two pillows.] A month ago, I...
howling anxiety
[Alt text: An 8-foot tall sculpture of a faceless Black woman, with her hands on her hips, in a raffia skirt.] There's a dog right across the hall from me...
wtf, brain?
https://twitter.com/HarvF/status/1563708422805233666 [Alt text: A tweet showing a photo of a group of people posing with Dr. Oz, holding his campaign sign so...
covid virginity
[Alt text: A negative at-home covid test on a hot pink bag.] The whole time I was traveling I was practically chanting to myself, "Please don't let me get...
failed recipe
[Alt text: A large black sculpture of a mythical creature, possibly a wolf head, with big fangs, four eyes, a skull emerging from the top of its head, and...
amazon robots and hells angels
Hi from San Francisco, where I am back in my old neighborhood, taking care of two of my favorite dogs while their people are on a much-needed vacation, a few...
dog report card
[Alt text: A brown and black dog — a Very Good Boy — lying on the ground with his front paws crossed, smiling at the camera.] Dear Mary Ellen, We don't know...
so much sweat
[Alt text: A big window overlooking a meadow or field, with a stream, trees, and railroad tracks in the distance.] Hi from the Delaware River Valley, where...
dna tests and family secrets
[Alt text: A screenshot of Jeremy Allen White in Hulu's The Bear, where he looks haggard and annoyed, in a t-shirt and apron, in a restaurant's back office....
emotional damage?
[Alt text: A Margaret Keane painting of a blonde girl in a yellow dress shedding tears and holding a black cat in her arms.] Late last week, Lifehacker...
books, merch, and migrants
[Alt text: A 19th century stone house with a big grassy lawn in front and trees on the sides] Above is a photo of the Peirce-Klingle mansion, which is a very...
confidence and fireflies
[Alt text: A small part of Bisa Butler's quilt, "Don’t Tread On Me, God Damn, Let’s Go! — The Harlem Hellfighters" that shows a Black WWI soldier squatting...
photo enforced
[Alt text: A Converse "pride" sneaker with a big and jagged rainbow sole] If you see a speed limit sign in DC with the words "photo enforced," that means in...
rethining the to-do list
The news is extra terrible this week. I can't even imagine what it's like for parents of school children. There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been...
me myself and four cats
[Alt text: A gold necklace with a giant gold praying mantis] Hi from a couch in Westchester County, where I am babysitting four cats whose people are on a...
towels, Mormons, and 911
[Alt text: Yellow tshirt with Holiday Inn logo above the word Cambodia.] Towels I've been helping my sister-in-law clean out and organize various closets and...
proceed to the route
[Alt text: A long iPhone alert message telling me I may have been exposed to Covid] Monday night, while scrolling through TikTok, my phone sent me the above...
ready for reattitude*
[Alt text: The Washington DC area Mormon temple, which looks like the Disney castle, at sunset] The way it worked out, schedule-wise, my first personal...
hormones and links
[Alt text: A screenshot of an Instagram post from @overhearddistrict, that says DC has 12 seasons, and August/September is accurately described as Hell's...