Category Archives: Random Crap

So I just opened the mail and discovered a copy of Furiously Happy from Korea! And I love it, but I don’t speak Korean so I used Google Translate and this is what it gave me: In case you can’t read it, my favorite parts are: “Between normal and abnormal.” “THE WORST STORY ABOUT ME.”Continue reading “The worst story about me”

Remember last week when my granny died and then raised from the dead and then died again? And we couldn’t have a funeral or gather together because covid is too dangerous so my mom said that in lieu of flowers, just care for one another? And then I suggested donating to Project Night Night becauseContinue reading “Y’all made my heart hurt in such a good way.”

So this morning I was in the front yard with Dorothy Barker and this guy walked past my house and yelled, “HEY. IS THIS YOURS?” as he pointed at a dead squirrel in the road that had been run over by a car and I was like, “NO. THAT’S…um…THAT’S NOBODY’S, DUDE” and he looked atContinue reading “Is this yours?”

Last week I was too overwhelmed to open my mail and get my shit together but today I’m back to work and that’s why I have something special to share with you: Why, yes, that is an advance copy of Broken thankyouverymuch. The real ones in April will be bigger and nicer and hardback andContinue reading “Who *doesn’t* need a bit of good news?”

Today is my granny‘s burial and in a normal time all of our families would be flying in from all over to celebrate her life, but covid makes the world strange. Her death was one of too many in a Texas hotspot so there will be no funeral and my mom and her brothers willContinue reading “Care for one another”

Okay, get ready for one hell of a story. So a few days ago I told you that my sweet granny was in the hospital with covid and wasn’t expected to make it. This was fraught with complicated feelings because she has dementia and wants her parents and was absolutely ready to go to seeContinue reading “Losing Joy. Finding Joy. Literally.”