I Decided…
…to say goodbye to an old friend.
I thought this laptop was about three years old, but turns out it's past its sixth birthday. It would be nice if things like these (things that cost several arms and legs) lasted forever, but historically I've gotten about three or four years at most out of a Mac...
…to take another step back into the world.
I had lunch today with four friends in a park. We sat in this shelter and ate our sack lunches. Great to be with people again and to be out in the fresh air.
…to write a word or two about not writing yesterday…
....a thing that will happen again and that I will feel unnecessary angst about. It gives me a chance to talk about the fact that I both love and hate things that are "meta." Today's missive is from the hate side--particularly hating on writing that is about how...
…to go to Target and walk around and spend some time thinking about risk.
I came to this Target a few days after my second vaccination shot. There weren’t many people in the store and everyone was masked except two AWMs wandering the hardware aisles. They had that sneer/scowl thing going, the one that your AWMs use to signal how much more...
…to Listen to Dwayne Betts’s visit to Women’s Voices
One of the great gifts of being part of the MFA Program for Writers is getting to know amazing people like Reginald Dwayne Betts. And one of the great gifts to the world is St. Louis-based Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice.
… to Add This Just Under the Wire
So I wouldn't miss a day,