It Runs in the Family
(Trigger warning: Vegans, beware. Lots of, uh, shall we say, "farm-to-table"-type meat talk ahead.) The lack of a very specific type of impulse control, it would seem, runs in my family. Because we're not all genetically related to one another (my mother, for example, has no biological connection to my brothers' half-brother), I must assume this trait is cultural in its origin.
It Runs in the Family
(Trigger warning: Vegans, beware. Lots of, uh, shall we say, "farm-to-table"-type meat talk ahead.) The lack of a very specific type of impulse control, it would seem, runs in my family. Because we're not all genetically related to one another (my mother, for example, has no…
27.04.2025 05:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Memento mori
Lately, I've been contemplating why, exactly, it's so important to me to live in New Orleans. Unfortunately, this is something I've had to give a lot of thought lately. The federal attack on transgender rights, along with those in the legislatures of Louisiana, Texas, and just about every other Southern state have made it necessary for Charlotte and her younger daughter to move to a Northeast Atlantic blue state that's much more willing to fight for the rights of its trans citizens.
Memento mori
Lately, I've been contemplating why, exactly, it's so important to me to live in New Orleans. Unfortunately, this is something I've had to give a lot of thought lately. The federal attack on transgender rights, along with those in the legislatures of Louisiana, Texas, and just about…
26.03.2025 21:23 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2
The Board
When I was younger, before I met my kids' father, I dreamed of - was sort of obsessed with, really - finding The Great Love of My Life. As a lonely, bookish teenager, I devoured love stories. They weren't just romance novels, although, as a voracious reader at the mercy of my rural school library, the county library, and the meager selection at the Winn Dixie, I couldn't afford to be overly discerning.
The Board
When I was younger, before I met my kids' father, I dreamed of - was sort of obsessed with, really - finding The Great Love of My Life. As a lonely, bookish teenager, I devoured love stories. They weren't just romance novels, although, as a voracious reader at the mercy of my rural…
14.03.2025 04:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
La Tricoteuse
Neither the threat of a looming recession nor monthly economic blackouts can keep a real clothes horse down, so, at the start of Mardi Gras Break, I committed to doing less doomscrolling and more sewing. In addition to keeping my wardrobe nice and full, sewing calms my mind in a way even writing can't. Writing needs intense thinking, after all, and I can't speak for anyone else, but my own thoughts are often my worst enemies.
La Tricoteuse
Neither the threat of a looming recession nor monthly economic blackouts can keep a real clothes horse down, so, at the start of Mardi Gras Break, I committed to doing less doomscrolling and more sewing. In addition to keeping my wardrobe nice and full, sewing calms my mind in a way…
06.03.2025 20:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On Perspective
A few days ago, Charlotte came across this quote by Toni Morrison and sent it to me. Authoritarian regimes, dictators, despots are often, but not always, fools. But none is foolish enough to give perceptive, dissident writers free range to publish their judgments or follow their creative instincts. They know they do so at their own peril. They are not stupid enough to abandon control (overt or insidious) over media.
On Perspective
A few days ago, Charlotte came across this quote by Toni Morrison and sent it to me. Authoritarian regimes, dictators, despots are often, but not always, fools. But none is foolish enough to give perceptive, dissident writers free range to publish their judgments or follow their…
01.03.2025 21:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Cure
The past couple of weeks have tested my ability to manage my course load, writing, working (or trying to), my contributions to The Resistance, my commitment to overdressing, cultivating community/a social life, and, most importantly, being a mom. There's obviously the challenge of being present in Harper and Truman's lives when I live six hours away from them (tomorrow, I'm driving to Shreveport for the second time in two weeks), but then there's also co-parenting.
The Cure
The past couple of weeks have tested my ability to manage my course load, writing, working (or trying to), my contributions to The Resistance, my commitment to overdressing, cultivating community/a social life, and, most importantly, being a mom. There's obviously the challenge of being…
21.02.2025 06:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Spare Parts
Let me preface this: I'm not saying anything supernatural is happening here, but I'm not not saying that, either. But when I wish for things, sometimes the Universe cranks it up to 11. For instance, I feel mildly responsible for the current state of...<gestures wildly at everything>. You see, even as a wee Phelan, I was a giant nerd, and I read LITERALLY everything I could get my hands on, which once included a pornographic novel at the age of 7 or so, but that's a thankfully-hilarious story for another day.
Spare Parts
Let me preface this: I'm not saying anything supernatural is happening here, but I'm not not saying that, either. But when I wish for things, sometimes the Universe cranks it up to 11. For instance, I feel mildly responsible for the current state of....…
12.02.2025 09:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Excellence
Your grammy, your aunty, your momma, your mammyI'll take those flannel zebra jammies, secondhand, and rock that motherfuckerThe built-in onesie with the socks on that motherfuckerI hit the party and they stop in that motherfuckerThey be like, "Oh that Gucci, that's hella tight"I'm like, "Yo, that's 50 dollars for a t-shirt" Limited edition, let's do some simple addition…
Excellence
Your grammy, your aunty, your momma, your mammyI'll take those flannel zebra jammies, secondhand, and rock that motherfuckerThe built-in onesie with the socks on that motherfuckerI hit the party and they stop in that motherfuckerThey be like, "Oh that Gucci, that's hella tight"I'm like,…
07.02.2025 04:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Much-needed distraction, hot off the keyboard. writekellywrite.com/2025/01/28/l...
29.01.2025 17:06 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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