Same, puffin. Same.

Gumbo time.

Sorry to sound like blazed William Morris, but we should all get to experience some art every day so we are reminded of what’s noble and beautiful about us

I just told my husband that if he dies this year, I will be so mad that I will come after him to pull him out of the underworld.

Oldest came home with five (!!!) pumpkin pies from work.

Have been going through old photos related to the death of my friend, and it warms my heart to see the way all of us girls dressed mainly in ratty t-shirts and old man pants from the thrift store.

The only Panini sticker book I ever completed.

My alma mater was such a contradiction at the time, because there would be things like this and then at other times they would be hosting Maya Angelou or Wilco.

So, when you go to a Christian college you get to witness things like a Christian clown convention.

we seem to have an entire country full of people that don't understand the very basic concept that decisions made by politicians affect the world generally. like they think there's something called politics and it's over there and then there's the real world here and they're separate entirely

Happy Thanksgiving to all the chaos muppets, messy bitches, and steadying influences. I am thankful for you all!

I'm flying a little close to the sun with a turkey/pumpkin pie combo in the oven.

Update:

Pie time!

Your only salvation lies in eluding it

Sooooo, I find out Tuesday if surgery is on as scheduled. Because Cigna and UNC Hospitals are still fighting, I might need to drive my ass to Charlotte to get an in-network option.

can i tell you the most incredible parenting hack. are you going to the pediatricians or another office and anticipating a long wait in a small exam room full of off-limits objects before the doctor comes in. bring each kid a flashlight and turn the lights off. they love this

My brother's college roommate had a very elaborate Pokemon/Monster Ranger/Digimon meet Jesus fan fiction site with homemade gifs that I think about probably at least once a month. That is probably the digital artifact that is top of my list for online ressurection.

The purpose of Thanksgiving dishes is to be a vehicle for gravy delivery. Thus, macaroni and cheese is not a canon Thanksgiving side in my books. However, we have lived in the South for almost 20 years, and youngest insists on having it, so I will be a good sport and make it.

Every American should have this in their wallet:

Do not get hit in the Food Lion parking lot. Do not get hit in the Food Lion parking lot.

The wonder of it!

Good morning! youtu.be/uctxOZEusuI?...

It's been a sad day starting with my uncle sending everyone the Tatiana Schlossberg article with the note, "this reminds me of your mom and aunt," (when they were both dying of cancer the same year). He's not wrong, but man, what a gut punch.

The final poem in Charles Simic's Scribbled in the Dark (2017)

I wish you all could have seen this sunset.

Catalina wine mixer.

North Carolina has really shown out. Comrades are telling me that they have gotten 500 to 1000 people out to ICE Watch trainings [with more people wanting to attend].

This time on Sunday is great for affirmations & goal setting. By which I mean limbering up to let vague existential disquiet descend into the certainty that life so far has been a pointless, humiliating failure, with all the jaunty inexorability of a slinky pouring arse over arse down a staircase

On my 22nd birthday he showed up in Michigan as a surprise right before I was going to take the Greyhound to visit New York City for the first time. We drove through the night and arrived in the city at 4 a.m. where we parked in the MOMA garage and slept until the museum opened.

I wish I could find this post, but someone wrote recently that you aren't just grieving the person who died, but you're also grieving the loss of the person you were with them.

How I find your email.

Divorce doula.

Our local organizers are amazing! Strong existing networks meant everyone could come together in the space of a few days. See poster for all the groups that mobilized together. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social also for great work across NC.

I was working as a receptionist at a collections agency and needed a plan B. And I wanted to work with kids, but didn't want to be responsible for learning outcomes.

Holiday lights at the botanical gardens.

Drove from Raleigh to Virginia Beach on back roads through Martin and Bertie counties (among others) and nary a MAGA or Trump flag to be seen.

Early morning cotton fields.

Well, this is a banger. youtu.be/2PdYvkaYsaU?...

This particular caravan of federal agents may have left, for now, but we still have work to do to create a state where everyone can live freely, with dignity and without fear. Join us tomorrow at 6 PM in Charlotte and Raleigh. Stay posted for next steps at defendandrecruit.org/nc

So colonoscopy prep was the closest thing to medieval medicine that I've experienced. Purging the humors.

I've been thinking about the incredible work that @siembranc.bsky.social has been doing over the past few years ago and how so much of that work helped lay the groundwork for the community resistance that's taken place over the past few days across NC. I made a donation: www.siembranc.org

I leap with thee; I burn with thee

1968 Dodge Dart GTS Hardtop 4-Speed

R.I.P. friend of my youth.