I can’t believe our kids are so grown up!

There are stresses in our lives right now that I wish weren't happening, and that weren't happening before. But I think if I could live forever in one era of my family, this right now would be it.

You know, I do miss when my kids were little, and I say that to them often. They were really cute, all of them. But if I think about it, I think this moment right now is kind of my perfect time with them. Where they're all old enough to have interesting conversations, to have interesting opinions.

Someday there won't even be breaks anymore. Just holidays. Maybe Sunday dinners if we live in the same town.

I honestly have no idea how anybody gets used to it. Maybe this is why so many old people are so weird.

I can really see myself becoming a completely obnoxious dog owner in my late 50s.

Tbh I'm getting choked up just thinking about it

My eldest is off to college in the fall. I'm very proud of him and happy for him to be taking his first steps into an independent adult life, but I honestly do not understand how it will ever feel normal and not crushingly sad for my kids not to live with me anymore.

It really is something

White Cat, Black Dog: Stories Stories

Y’all! The White Cat Black Dog ebook is currently 1.99 on all platforms. If you buy from bookshop.org, you can pick which indie bookstore you want your money to go to. 🖤🐈🖤

Congrats on ten years! Can’t wait to see what you all have cooking!

It’s like they think your posts are directed specifically at them or something

one thing democrats should think about when they consider their "messaging problems" is how often they tell their base and independent voters that they are losing ass losers who can't accomplish anything because they never have enough votes to make things better for everyone

100% concurr with KC. I'll add that not a single voter currently knows what Democrats will do should they win the House or Senate. Not one thing and we're halfway into April. Not a single thing outlined. Nothing for voters to rally FOR.

Our conversation about THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE is out! Listen to find out exactly how much we all loved it.

A no with prejudice

I was already a no on Swalwell but now I’m a super no

There is Always a Third Point Between Any Two There is someone closer who follows me like a map someone further, and a distance that gathers allies in every passing hour. There is always a town beyond this one and before the horizon. There is always the horizon. There is another word between two people, another last word, though it may go unspoken. Another point of intersection in the sets of our bodies as we embrace, as my knees match angles behind yours. There is always a point before our bodies retreat into boundaries - asleep in one position or weltering in a reverie of dreams, a loci of points plotted above the plane of the bed. Always an origin and an axis of spines, from which arms, such blind vectors, stray with their own directions. By Michael Rosen

There is always the horizon.

There is another word between two
people, another last word, though it may go unspoken.
Another point of intersection in the sets of our bodies
as we embrace, as my knees match angles behind yours.

Michael Rosen (from Against Infinity)

I’ve been rewatching Enterprise for the first time since it aired and it struck me that at least the first two seasons are basically a cautionary tale about what happens when a man refuses to listen to a woman who is making complete sense.

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Wow, shots fired

If anybody out there is looking for permission to engage in a little light, harmless substance abuse just to get through the night, you have mine. For whatever that’s worth.

My plan for the evening is to consume a yet-to-be-determined intoxicant and zone out with some Star Trek.

Okay then

Oh. And then the next level is called “The Towers. In which there remain other pursuits for the heart.”

Okay so there is a scene in the game Monument Valley 2 where the mom character walks the daughter down to a dock, hugs her, puts her in the boat, and then they wave at each other as the daughter sails away. And I think that might be a little too much for me just at the moment.

And it's a funny way I phrased that, I realize. "I miss being a reader. I miss being a writer. I miss being a podcaster," rather than "I miss reading. I miss writing. I miss making a podcast." That's probably significant in a way I don't actually like. But there it is.

I miss being a reader. I miss being a writer. I miss being a podcaster. I keep telling myself that I'll get back to these things when I'm ready, but I do wonder if I might just be permanently different now. Having to let go of who you used to be in order to be who you are is hard sometimes.

Happy birthday!

A screenshot from the game Rainy Attic Room. A pensive-looking cartoon figure sits on the floor of a sparse attic apartment, hugging their knees and saying “I believe the day will come when the dark clouds of my life clear up.”

Kinda weird when your depressed tamagotchi is in a better mental space than you are

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