My spirit animal bit my patron saint

My spirit animal bit my patron saint

by | Dec 9, 2016 | Artistic apologies

A nice factlet about Julie Murphy. Around 2010, she was a librarian who did the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) thing that happens every November. The YA novel she wrote was Side Effects May Vary. Which eventually got published and became a NYT bestseller. So...
Facts to know before you face the committee

Facts to know before you face the committee

by | Nov 28, 2016 | Historical Apologies

When the late poet Maxine Kumin had to defend her Radcliffe thesis, the committee asked questions about the thesis – “Amorality and the Protagonist in the Novels of Stendhal and Dostoevsky” – and also questions to test her general knowledge. She called it “torture.”...
I saw what you did, lady

I saw what you did, lady

by | Nov 11, 2016 | Personal Apologies

Hot summer afternoon in North Carolina. Rebecca Landis Hayes went to the grocery store. She spotted a parking space reserved for veterans, and pulled into it. She was just going to run in quickly, and it was hot. So she did. When she came out, there was a note on her...
Where there’s mud, there’s fire

Where there’s mud, there’s fire

by | Nov 8, 2016 | Media Apologies

Sean Hannity. Who is this person? I hardly know. Because I avoid conflict. Because I am serenely deadheading the lavender and verbena. Because I try to alternate inhaling and exhaling in a calm way. Because I have never consumed any show that this person is on....

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