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sooooooo I almost died at church yesterday
(turns out I’m the April fool) Today’s April Fool’s Day and I’m pretty sure I’m the fool. Yesterday was Easter Sunday, arguably the biggest day of the year for most churches. (It was certainly crowded by our standards.) And because it was Easter, I decided to forego my usual Birkenstock sandals for some black dressy […]
slow day
Bit of a late start today — I’ve decided to more or less take today off. It’s been a good day for noticing things. It rained a lot this week, and the river was high and fast. Looked kinda like chocolate milk, what with all the silt and red clay being stirred up. There was […]
proof
Had an interesting conversation with my friend Mae yesterday. Mae has a merch shop. She makes branded shirts and stickers and all kinds of things for other businesses. (When I finally start offering swag, she’ll be my printer.) She and her daughter also have an off-shoot sticker shop, and that shop has a pretty substantial […]
the truth about writing groups
There’s this phenomenon in the creative writing world called writing groups. People who want to get better at writing will get together and share what they’re working on. They read each other’s stuff, offer suggestions for plot points or for smoothing out a weird section… Might even take a manuscript and mark it up. It’s […]
mickey mouse operation
The other day when I was watching the new Disney+ special on the history of Mickey mouse, I had a strange realization. I’m sure I knew this at some point, but I’d forgotten… Steamboat Willie was the first Mickey Mouse cartoon that had any success — and it had major success. There were two other Mickey cartoons that […]
how to wash a bulletproof vest
Will says he knew he wanted to be with me from the very first time we chatted on Hinge. As the story goes, I had asked a question about his job, he answered honestly, and at that point had an epiphany. He wasn’t happy there, doing what he was doing. So he logged off our […]
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