Hello, friends. I am officially over being socially distant AND YET we could have months more of this ahead of us. We Are All Javert Now. I am extremely lucky: I am employed full-time at a job that delights and challenges me. I have roommates whose company I actively enjoy. My friends and loved ones are safe, healthy, and (mostly) still employed, but we still have time to be heartily in touch by text and phone and Zoom. Many of those friendships have always been long-distance, so not being able to
I love this: "I want to sit at the end of a bar pretending to read but actually eavesdrop on strangers." I miss that too! <3
Thank you for your column. I love how you write honestly and from the heart...
I did quite love this book, read at your (or perhaps The Fug Girls’?) recommendation many moons ago. Utterly charming.