Writer, reader. She/her. Foul-mouthed Rhodes scholar wannabe. Not speaking for my employer. Don’t just acknowledge the land, support Indigenous causes.
Stoughton, WI
Joined April 2011
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Kid: Mom, you look just like a monster
Husband: Hey, let’s work on this. “Mama, you look so beautiful”
Kid: Mama, you look like a beautiful monster
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Do yourself a favor, conjure up some feelings, and please go read this microfiction by the exceedingly brilliant @simonashton literallystories2014.com/202… who used to pretend not to be a writer.
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It happened to me: I moved to the midwest and now my kid pronounces "crayon" with one syllable - "cran"
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The ugliest cutest
(Attn @TheNotoriousRBF)
Alt: video of baby finches in a nest tucked inside a porch light
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No Opera in Tennessee: Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Cherubino in Drag, and the Gay Agenda. In this essay, I will
(In the category of “I went to the opera last night”)
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Look I can’t see my own feet in the shower. But it has *never* occurred to me to wear my glasses in there.
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Ellie retweeted
With the passing of Darcelle, we want to share this video from 2019 again.
Walter Cole, the man who becomes Darcelle XV on stage knows who he is. “In order to do what I do for a living, I have to know who I am.”
This news in combination with the news all over this country hit me hard this morning. Thankful to Darcelle for decades of bravery and joy. Portland will never be the same. wweek.com/archive/2023/03/23…
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I introduced my eight -year-old to Bohemian Rhapsody yesterday. She just instructed me that when I pick her up from school today, Queen must be on.
I have no regrets.
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My husband had a meeting with a NASA scientist today and when he got home the first thing I asked was whether he asked about the 100 tampons
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I want to talk about my discovery of stuffed cabbage made with salsa instead of tomato sauce, but I don’t think anyone else actually likes stuffed cabbage 😕
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He taught me how to make garam masala and fresh paneer, and he helped me land a husband. An absolute icon, and if this account (and many others) can be trusted, a delightful human.
via @NYTimes nyti.ms/3m0Ev5V?smid=nytcore…
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I am “just found out the garden expo is the next couple of days and bummed I can’t go” years old if anyone is wondering
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