…A Martha Stewart wild mushroom-spinach lasagna that took $120, three hours, and Guinness (the
beer, not Alec) to bring to fruition…
…The realization that one does not say Aunt Andie died; one says she moved to West Tampa, or Olga the Superstitious Ukrainian won't stay on as the caretaker in Grandma's house. Not sure how they've explained my grandfather's long absence—I suspect he's in Ibiza…
…A poignant appearance by Scott Norwood in Four Falls of Buffalo to remind me how, and why, it's easy to love Buffalo…
…More proof that the angry owls are out in full force. …
…My body as smartphone, battery bereft of Jenny Juice™ but recharged by hours in repose…
...A disembodiment brought on by the realization that repose is pointless, since FitBit stats show sleep continues to mock me...
…The realization that one does not say Aunt Andie died; one says she moved to West Tampa, or Olga the Superstitious Ukrainian won't stay on as the caretaker in Grandma's house. Not sure how they've explained my grandfather's long absence—I suspect he's in Ibiza…
…A poignant appearance by Scott Norwood in Four Falls of Buffalo to remind me how, and why, it's easy to love Buffalo…
…More proof that the angry owls are out in full force. …
…My body as smartphone, battery bereft of Jenny Juice™ but recharged by hours in repose…
...A disembodiment brought on by the realization that repose is pointless, since FitBit stats show sleep continues to mock me...
…The salve of the silver
screen, via Star Wars, The
Hateful Eight, The Revenant…
…via Rilke's two solitudes instantly connecting in a little coup de foudre called Carol, followed by a New Yorker accompaniment on Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt to fill in the blanks…
…via the dark humor of Argentina's incredibly satisfying
Wild Tales… …via the quiet humor/desperation of the Swedes' A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, complete with one of the most horrifying scenes I've ever witnessed. It involved a bronze bull. …
...A gunned-down 12-year-old, a dream sequence we can't escape, a family's eternal nightmare.
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