Beth B is probably reading.

Wish I could relay how my first few kids were in the gifted program and had ridiculous test scores but were so burnt out & depressed by college & it was terrifying & awful, while the last one, who we were too tired to focus that smart/stress energy on anymore turned out just as smart, & HAPPY.

Thank you. I just... I'm so mad and sad that some asshole felt entitled to her body, but also that he affected her mentally and emotionally. It's awful.

Texts: Daughter: I went out to the bars for Sofi's bday last night and a drunk pervert 51 year old groped me. I hate being a woman. Me: Excuse me?! What the FUCK. What did you do? You need to tell the bartender that shit. D: I teared up and froze then walked away. M: Oh honey. You must tell your friends and all of your group can advocate for you.

Me: I'm so sorry that happened to you. Daughter: I ate my feelings with a huge burrito. M: Just to be clear, you are not to blame for any of that, not the event or your reaction. I would tell your friends so y'all have a mutually agreed action plan if that happens to ANY of you. So you know what to do and freezing is less likely, and you feel more empowered.

My newly 21 yr old daughter at college. Enraging and heartbreaking.

My 21 yr old daughter and I are taking a day to vintage/antique and bookstore shop and sit at various cafés and take reading breaks in the vibes. The boys can go play in the swamp. She would super dig the creepy old-timey pharmaceuticals as well!

Yay! These are VERY our jam. I have a whole absinthe-themed bathroom, even! I hope the bean display is still there. My vegetarian fam is coocoo for beans. AND whenever I go to a cool city, I seek out local parfumiers. Little tins, you say? Custom fragrances? Eep!

OMG we're going for A WEEK with the 2 youngest kids starting 12/27! So excited! Any other tips? We've never been!

Those are some healthy-choice-making babies.

The kissing babyheads are so tacky, all painfully forced up under her chin like that. And her hair looks terrible. That's brushing your teeth hair. What, has she got a chip clip holding it up in the back?

I "pss pss" my dogs. Because I can't have a cat. I am very jealous and living vicariously.

Because we've gotten to the point where people's rights, humanity, and lives are at stake. These are the final positions. There is no compromise or "learning from" those who would rationalize or even delight in cruelty and violence towards other human beings. BOO Jennifer.

Captain Amelia, voiced by Emma Thompson, in Treasure Planet.

Excellent kitty behavior!

Albino corn snake Monki likes to twirl in my space buns.

Oh no! Friendly little snakes in the hair are so sweet!

Hmmm... maybe it's something "up high?" What's up high?

HAHA exACTly

Your NERVES they have to know what this is doing to your NERVES 😭

Me, dressed as a fluffy white chicken, just to amuse myself.

BAWK BAWK

She was forever playing it, summoning all the cousins for mealtimes with The Skipping Song, gold charm bracelets tinkling, tiny glass of Coca Cola with ice on the left, beautiful hands arching up and down the keys. Her spirit is in it. I loved her so.

A white upright converted 1920 Baldwin player piano with 2 black wrought iron fighting roosters on the mechanism sliding doors (attached by my grandfather, as they were symbols of the Kentucky democratic party) sits happily, finally, in MY living room and plays nicely off the black and white tiled fireplace. My grandmother's book of piano music, inscribed by my grandfather as a gift in 1942, sits on the rack.

My beloved NanNan's 1920 converted Baldwin player piano, kept from me by my uncle (has had issues with me since I was 12 & started calling him out on his misogyny and bigotry) arrived from Louisville yesterday and I sobbed so hard the movers hugged me.
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HA!

I love the orange on her nosey. She's magic.

This absolutely makes my morning. Good in the world!

So pretty! The summer after the 1st T election, I sat & pulled every single dandelion in our very infested yard by hand, to the root, with a serving fork. The neighbors would drive by real slow & watch my driveway pile grow. Now I just escape-read. It's better. Less obviously insane, & no chiggers.

I bet it smells amazing!!! (Hee)

LOL Slayer?!

See if she is aware of the Throwing Muses. I think she'd like them... maybe also the Darling Buds.

So good! My daughter has a radio show at her university and I am so proud of her taste!

... I'm sorry what now? You BAKE TOO?! ugh stahp being such a dreamgirl.

This reminds me. I keep meaning to tell you how I noticed your descriptions of scents in Queen of Mercy, how lovely they were, and how much I loved it and smiled because I know fragrances are one of your things. Also: I cried at the end. So moving and poignant and perfect. Am now bereft.

It's like we're twins.