I had a list on my phone about things I needed to tell you but I can’t find it and now I’m just going from memory, which is not good for anyone.
So first of all, I’m back from 48 hours in Iceland and I want to write all about it but I need to find my notes which I also lost. SOMEONE HELP ME.
Here are the things I can remember…if you live in Idaho, I am coming to you! On November 5th I’ll be at the Osher Institute in Boise for a reading/discussion/signing and on November 6th I’m doing a keynote for the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Boise Conference. Tickets are available to both at the links but the first one is cheaper if you’re not already a member of NAMI.
What next? Oh! I’m also speaking and signing books at the Texas Book Festival in Austin on Sunday, November 15th! It’s an incredible 2 day schedule and it’s free for everyone, but you can get early access to some sessions and signings if you want to buy a Festival Friend Pass.
What else…? Oh! Go vote! And double check your ballot before you turn it in because there are reports of democratic votes turning into republican ones. (BIG SIGH.)
Today starts the Nowhere Halloween Book Fair, so come by if you’re in town this weekend.
If you haven’t checked out my art substack or my ephemera time travel substack lately they are filled with fun stuff. (And as always, you can subscribe for free.)
Purrsy and Professor Midnight are continuing their love affair and refuse to be more than 2 feet from each other. Purrsy has turned from an unhinged menace to a complete snugglepuss and I can only assume that Professor Midnight is made out of xanax. Purrsy lost a baby tooth and I’m keeping it and I can’t tell if that makes me a good mother or a weird one.
I know I’m forgetting like 8 other things. More later…
Black cats are good luck. Full stop. 🤘💚🌱
Please come to Florida. I know the politics here suck, but I would adore to see you and be awkward with you in person.
I kept my dog’s baby teeth so if that makes you a weird mother then I’m right there with you.
I never cease to be amazed at how fast and thoroughly 2 kittens from separate litters and even ages can become lifelong bosom buddies! SO happy you got Purrsy a pal, and that they so obviously adore each other! Single kittens really are true little menaces….
I’m so sorry I missed you when you were in DC. You’re always welcome to come back, or better, come to Northern Virginia. You’ve now made me want to stop over in Iceland because it looks so fun! And hurrah for loving kitties! They look pretty happy and that’s good for them and us.
Elise
Love. Just love all the things you do. Ad thanks for sharing it
Love. Just love — and all the things you do. And thanks for sharing it with us! 💔
I’m looking forward to reading your notes on Iceland if and when you ever find them… 🙂
I’m so happy your two kitties are becoming such well adjusted snuggle pals.
Vote for kindness, and against meanness!
I hope you find your notes! I can’t wait to hear about Iceland! BTW… Idaho shares a border with Washington so Boise really isn’t THAT far from Spokane. You should stop by!
Eight years ago we got my 7 year old cat, who hates all other cats a puppy. It turns out the puppy is also xanax. He’s 15 now, incredibly happy, snuggly, and way less… Everything that seemed to not function quite right. The right companion is absolutely magical. He snuggles her regularly.
In Boise, if you have time, go see the Anne Frank Memorial – it’s worth the time: https://www.wassmuthcenter.org/
A very good mother.
I keep thinking of Percy Humphrey’s Crescent City Joy Makers when you say Purrsy.
I have save kitten, puppy and human baby teeth. Sorry, not sorry. It’s ethically sustainable bone collecting.
Random comments and kitty pictures are perfect. Don’t ever change.
Carolyn
Glad to hear you’re going to all these events. Your fans will be so happy!
I ♥️ that Purrsy and Midnight love each other. How great is that!
Lots of love and big hugs to you always.
♥️🙏🥰
I still have a baby tooth from when I had my dog! So, I’m going to go with not weird at all. Because if it makes you weird then it makes me weird. So, please no.
Is anyone of those online to? I,m from Finland and can’t travel so faraway.
Just go to your local feline dentist!
My furbabies are still inseparable.
In case you haven’t seen this- Cheetah Cub Cam is literally the best
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/cheetah-cub-cam
My awesome friend is a killer catch, but is sadly perpetually single. It largely because his natural vibe is human xanax and so the heat and chemistry up front aren’t always there. It shocks me because he has exactly this same effect on me (he even has black hair to my ginger) as you’re seeing and it’s amazing. I’m so glad Purrsey got to discover the power of a coregulator and may they have many happy decades of sweetness to make you go “awwwwwww…”
We had a cat named Ziggy Wollstonecat Shelley! She was beautiful and spooky in a blue-eyed, white-and-black-stripey way!
I moved to Idaho two months ago! I wish I could attend the Conference. NAMI has changed my life in the best ways.
Love you
I was on a cruise in Italy earlier this month (tough life, right?), enjoying lunch with a lovely group of strangers, and mentioned the Library of Congress book festival. One of the lovelies said she had so wanted to attend, specifically to hear you. My husband and I were lucky enough to see you, and our table discussion turned into a Jenny Lawson lovefest. I hope your ears were burning, and sort of wish you had been eavesdropping ….what a tribute to your work that you connected a group of strangers!
We are so looking forward to having you in Boise!
What’s extra weird is finding a collection of baby teeth that you’ve saved and not knowing which kid they belonged to. It would be especially weird for you, since you have only one kid, but still an odd feeling regardless.
I am glad your boys have one another. Precious boys!
Maybe it’s a black/orange cat thing. My older female black cat and younger male orange cat were so strongly bonded with each other. They went everywhere together, slept together, etc, etc. When my little orange guy died suddenly at age 6, my black one never bonded with another cat that way again. She was a one person cat and I guess a one cat cat too.
Just wanted to thank you again for coming to Boise, Jenny. You were so exactly like yourself — or maybe I should say your author persona and your in-person energy are wonderfully aligned. I often stumble upon social media personalities who are goofy and bright and imperfectly compelling, but as they accrue money and some degree of fame they change: they buy a house in the Hamptons, or start sitting sullenly in the front row at fashion week, or just transform into someone more fancy and less recognizable. Some of this is inevitable, and valid, but it makes them less of what I tuned in for initially. Whereas YOU, you gorgeous, humble, brilliant, REAL person, seem to have mushroomed into a more eccentric version of the girl I adored upon reading your first book. Not that you haven’t grown, just that you’ve managed to retain the extreme Jenny-ness you set out with.
Thanks for nurturing your bright spark and unleashing it wildly for all of those who find inspiration in your work. What a joy you are!