OK, it’s not life. It’s just stuff. But some of it is really good stuff. We sold two of our three sofas, Freecy­cled our com­post bin and started a pile for dona­tion. Once I start—well, I can’t stop. So with­out sell­ing the chair out from under my bum, I looked out­side. Remem­ber these? Cute, right? But the […]

Let’s be hon­est: this has been a long time com­ing. We’ve always wanted dif­fer­ent things from each other. To say “it’s not you, it’s me” would be a lie. Because, well, it is you. We’re just not com­pat­i­ble. I don’t think we should remain friends—it would be too hard. In fact, I’d like to never […]

Remem­ber Stiltsville? Author Susanna Daniel kindly left a com­ment on that post, and agreed to answer a few ques­tions about Stiltsville, her first novel, and Stiltsville, the place. What was Stiltsville like when you went there grow­ing up? I think that even for those of us who spent a lot of time at Stiltsville, there was always […]