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lounging with giacco
So, I felt like a sack of pain today so I hung with Giacco and worked & read.Starting in on Y.T Yost's new food-themed anthology and George Saunder's new story collection Tenth of December, I am...
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Goodbye, friend
Today I am heading down to Philadelphia to my great friend Sally's wake. I will be witnessing the sorrow of my two friends, Jenn and Greg, her children, as well as the many other people who loved her...
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All of this "coping," all of this "getting by," all of this "day by day" has turned me towards writing poetry. One of my open secrets is that I wrote poetry for many years, most of it lost now. The way...
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Best I Read: 2012
Somehow I managed to not write about any of the books that blew me away this year. I would suggest that you get your hands on a copy of each one.Dora: A Headcase by Lidia Yuknavitch"Only one thing to...
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These essays at The Rumpus on mental illness are necessary:Sick by Amy ButcherThat's Life by Seth FischerThrough the Cracks by Sue Sanders And these interviews with people who make things are very...
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postcards: here and there
Help Vermont collagist and Post Office owner Jane Davies keep her little P.O. open by sending her a handmade postcard! I suppose that you could help by sending a letter to anyone in Rupert, VT, but on...
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Nothing here is the thing I want.I've been reading some back issues of Cactus and Succulent Journalthat I picked up for a friend and never gave her. Succulent enthusiasts have a lot of drive. I've not...
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The best moment of the weekend came at the very end: Almost-nine-years-old A on the yellow couch, reading Melissa Mendes' yellowFreddy Stories and laughing while the oldsters around her tried to caught...
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you send me comics
Any idea what book this image is from?First of all, the blog over at the The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is an amazing resource for comics lovers, especially if your tastes skew vintage....
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The Public Life of Bees by Jessica Campbell
“Bee people—let’s face it, they are crazy about bees!” Now, I admit to liking bee imagery, which is what drew me to the zine in the first place. But I don’t think I qualify as a “bee person.” I am,...
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"Attached to the box was a label that said: "Do not open until war is over." Which war? The Civil War? The War of 1812? What he discovered was a box filled with disguised anti-Nazi tracts hidden in...
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Eye of Horus by Alabaster
Oh to be an ibis in the grass in Alabaster’s Egypto-trip through dysfunctional family dynamics! A primer of sorts on the god Horus’ origins and exploits, this comic follows the titular god as a child....
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meta mail
The USPS charges shipping on stamp purchases. Laughter and tears, folks. Laughter and tears.
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The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington is a celebration of unstereotypical womanhood, the freedom of aging and the power of friendship. I reviewed it here. I loved it, loved the experience of...
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MoCCA 2013
Due to everything else you read about on this blog, I was really thinking of skipping MoCCA this year. I did skip Saturday--a very good idea considering how much life stuff I got done.On Friday I hit...
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30th Street Station will always be my favorite. I've looked at its soaring ceiling while waiting for my father to come home, while fleeing my brother's death, while trying to warm up or cool down on...
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One of the things that I promised myself when I started this blog was that I would never be afraid to write about the complete shittiness of depression or grief. If you are wondering why I would be...
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I scrambled to pack for this weird trip to Basel. I am accompanying my father for a cancer treatment, watching him, nursing him, etc. What a time to read, right?I struggled to bring books that were...
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Dottie the foster dog!
After the nightmare of medical Switzerland, I decided that it might be nice to foster a dog again. Luckily I discovered that a bunch of the dogs in the ACC have videos made for them that you can...
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