K Lynn Patterson

YESSSS.

Like, no hard and fast rules, obviously. But so many bonus points (for example) if the slow-burn has moments of delicious barely touching that leaves them gasping.

Fair. And I understand. 😂 I won’t comment on areas outside of my wheelhouse.

Frankly, for ME, if they aren’t kissing until 50% of the way through, it’s got to be an otherwise *excellent* read, & also have a robust plot (pulling off a heist, etc)

There have been times I’ve been listening to one in the car, and I just start yelling at them to kiss. 😂

Do you have thoughts on a Citizens United fix? I’m really curious about the nuance you’re bringing to the conversation (and you’ve probably posted about it before, so obviously feel free to tell me to pound sand lol)

All my chickens hatched.

People! Always making little guys :)

Oh I really enjoyed that series, and the sapphic book (Perks of Loving a Wallflower) was *chefs kiss*

What will those feisty Gen-Zers purchase next? Recklessly splurging on the $1.50 hot dog at Costco? An actual vegetable every other day? Perhaps even a second serving of gruel?

👋🏾 Skyline! This fundraiser is 3 yrs and 4 mos old, but it's down to the last 6% and $4157.

3 wks ago I stepped back from attending births all over the greater Chicagoland area because rideshare algos were eating me alive. Last week my apartment flooded 🙃

I appreciate every bit. ALL of it helps.

Oof that nails it. She even did the hair flip.

I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me

looking SPECIFICALLY for:

1. someone experienced with the Zoom livestream feature

2. someone who can throw together a logo / graphics pretty quickly

3. someone who can get a web landing page set up pretty quickly

4. 1-3 people to tally donations the night of

if that's you, please holler! 💖

Time to revisit this 2018 op-ed I still think about all the time

(This grift has been going for so long you can add gen z to this)

www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/o...

So they cut back on eating out, can’t buy homes or pay off their student debt, but the WSJ is mad that they have the temerity to shop at the fancy grocery store? ::gasp::

This also feels like it’s just recycled avocado toast discourse.

you can quite famously buy a rotisserie chicken for five dollars at costco

In a the last 10 years our front yard has gone from ‘not even grass’ to an overgrown wild patch of native plants.

My favorite result of this, other than all the plants is the bees, and most specifically, when I catch sight of a teddy bear bumblebee.

Lawsky: who can help with this???

This has been my thought as well. During Covid, i was like, sure, i understand that shit's hard; you're making it smaller. then inflation because of supply chain issues, alright.

now? We know corporations were just raking in profits.

The butternut squash of your nightmares.

nobody names their child “Hezekiah Butterworth” anymore, and I think we are all the poorer for it

Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.

‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.

“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

This was amazing. I did one, and then my 10 yo stole my phone and did a few.

Let's learn about the coquí frog 🐸 (Eleutherodactylus coqui), native to Puerto Rico where it is a beloved national symbol.

I want to focus on their call: two tones described as co- and -quí.

(SOUND ON) Take a listen 👂 & see if you spot the pattern.

Then I'll tell you something amazing about it.

Puerto Rico stops for 13 minutes to applaud history and bask in Bad Bunny's glow This was Puerto Rico's moment, a spotlight on a collective son who quit bagging groceries a decade ago and became the world's most streamed artist on Spotify last year.

This was Puerto Rico's moment, a spotlight on a collective son who quit bagging groceries a decade ago and became the world's most streamed artist on Spotify last year.

I'm still cheering. That show was bottled joy, cut with hopeful cynicism, and chased with a shot of pure undiluted fuckin'.

So much detail!

Receipts:

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-4-2020