Hey Louisville! You can now hire me for all your death doula needs. It will be…if not fun, then at least helpful. Remember: we’re all going to die someday! May as well prepare.

My dad got nine months after his diagnosis. This is so, so incredible.

Have drugged my dog for Thunder Over Louisville. Hope she’s not too miserable…

Book 17 of 2026: A DEATH DOULA’S GUIDE TO A MEANINGFUL END by Jane K. Callahan. I was already proud to call Jane a friend, but I’m especially proud after reading her book. A must-buy for everyone who’s going to die someday. (That’s you.)

Scrabble letters spell out the word "probate".

"When she called me in 2024, my sister was illegally driving a car that didn’t belong to her. Its cremated owners were sitting on a shelf in her condo."

Contributing editor @rebb003.bsky.social has a piece on the horrors of the probate process in TalkDeath 👻 buff.ly/yGvzo8y

Yes, I heard! And a long time ago, Dwight from The Office?

Just sent it over to PR 🫡

That makes you the third person to send me that article this week 😉

Thank you. 💗💗

Hey my dad died of pancreatic cancer and it sucked and I would like it to not suck for other people this is absolutely monstrous

The Harrowing Tale of the Ghost Car: Or, You May Be Less Prepared to Die Than You Think About a year after my father died, my younger sister called me to ask about her car registration. “It’s expiring,” she said, “but the car isn’t registered in my name, so I’m not sure how to renew it.”…

I wrote a harrowing ghost story about the horrors of the probate process and @talkdeath.bsky.social was kind enough to publish it! talkdeath.com/the-harrowin...

Ceci n’est pas un triomphe

The Harrowing Tale of the Ghost Car: Or, You May Be Less Prepared to Die Than You Think About a year after my father died, my younger sister called me to ask about her car registration. “It’s expiring,” she said, “but the car isn’t registered in my name, so I’m not sure how to renew it.”…

I wrote a harrowing ghost story about the horrors of the probate process and @talkdeath.bsky.social was kind enough to publish it! talkdeath.com/the-harrowin...

Book 16 of 2026: GALÁPAGOS by Fátima Vélez. Wild to read this fever dream of a book about a group of wayward artists slowly dying of AIDS while I have a literal fever. Bravo to Hannah Kauders for the translation—this nearly periodless novel must have been a doozy!

Book 15 of 2026: CONVENT WISDOM by Ana Garriga & Carmen Urbita, read by Aida Reluzco. Even as an ex-Catholic, I have a great admiration for nuns and would rather take advice from them than from most people. This is also a charming book about the authors’ friendship.

Love that for you. If you’re really trying to get off your phone, may I recommend a Brick? I bought one and it has been a game changer. getbrick.com?srsltid=AfmB...

My friends and I were talking the other day about what keeps us going through the Bad Times™️. Here are some of our answers. What are yours?
💗 being myself & doing what I love
🫂 taking care of my people
🎨 making weird art
🍪 eating lots of treats
🐱 pets
📚 reading
🍃 spring
🗺️ travel
💭 therapy

Thank yooou! 💗

We love you Maxine!! 💗

I really, truly love Louisville. Roughly 10,000 people have offered to bring me food. Y’all are the best! 💗

I think it's bad for the President to threaten to annihilate an entire culture and i do not think you are being alarmist if you take his threats seriously and literally.

Thank you! 🙏

It’s not ideal, but at least I work for myself so I can rest up.

Thank you! So far it doesn’t feel as bad as the last time I had it, but we’ll see…

Thank you! 🙏

A hand holds up a positive test for COVID

Once in 2023 and once in 2026 isn’t too bad, I suppose 😭

a person is writing on a piece of paper in front of a bible with the letter t on it Alt: We pan up from a Bible to a nun in a white habit with a sinister look in her eyes

Celebrating Easter by ordering a burrito and rewatching Black Narcissus (1947). Am I doing it right?

Book 14 of 2026: HARRIET TUBMAN: LIVE IN CONCERT by Bob the Drag Queen. Considering the premise, it’s amazing how weird this funny little novel *isn’t*. It’s so earnest—I was along for the ride from the first sentence. The audiobook version has two songs at the end!

Thank you! It was a blast.