Off-the-cuff and prompted by Hank and John Green via their weekly newsletter (an utter delight and much-needed bright spot in my inbox these days).
I don’t usually try for poetry that rhymes or follows a specific meter pattern, but my love for the season and the particular seasonal gorgeousness of this particular day made me want to write something that hopefully evokes the senses and also reads…
✨💐h o r t i c u l t u r e💐✨ (at Catonsville, Maryland)
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Day 1 #montgomerypark #charmcity #latergram (at Baltimore, Maryland)
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Should be hearing from Bill Gates any minute about whether the chip was successfully implanted. 🤞🏻 Grateful to join the throng. 💉#covidvaccine #GoVAX #vaccineswork
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We tried our hands at pasta from scratch yesterday! Not bad for our first time, especially with homemade (but not by us) meat sauce! I definitely wouldn’t mind doing it again, except with a KitchenAid pasta attachment next time. 😋🍝
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Getting into the sp👀ky spirit early this year because 2020 bites and we deserve any happiness we can make for ourselves, no matter how small. #Halloween #2020isthescariestcostume (at Catonsville, Maryland)
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Early this morning, after 22 years on Earth, our dear Cubby made the journey to his home planet. He was always a funny little cat, though not very affectionate until his later years, and we were lucky to get so much time with him. RIP Cubbaroo, we’ll love you forever. Say hi to Whiskers for us. (at New Windsor, Maryland)
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He doesn’t protecc
He doesn’t attacc
But most importantly
He lay by computer, whether PC or Macc
Happy 5th(!) birthday, Special Agent Burt Macklin! You’re the light of our lives, even if you sometimes eat too fast and puke from excitement. We love you! 😻
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A good place for a live statue. 😸
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Happy Halloween! Keep the door open three inches and don’t be afraid to talk about your feelings. #StrangerThings #JoyceAndHopper
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Five entire Earth years together. I’ll always be thankful for that fateful Halloween party and the aftermath where we sat on your bed, exhausted, watching The Simpsons, and you turned to me and said, “Hey, we should date.”
Save the sweeping romantic gestures for the movies. We get to live in them, and boyyyy do we ever! But when we’re done, we get to live in the real world where we’re together and life’s pretty damn good as a result. We’ve got movies, we’ve got cats and we’ve got each other. What else do we need?
Happy fifth anniversary, Sean. I love you and I like you and I still will never watch CHINATOWN. 😜😘
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Happy gotcha day to this dumb slonky boi. We love you! #SpecialAgentDaleCooper #cats #rescue #yearone
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Greetings, folx!
I know, I know — it’s been forever. I’ve been going through an egregious writer’s block since…2016? Suffice to say, long-form posts have just been a no-go.
Rather than continuing to hate myself for not even trying anymore, I decided to allow myself the freedom of shorter form writing. I have also missed writing reviews terribly, so guess what: I’m back, baby!
The newsletter is…
