Hauling Foam Away By The Truckload

Dear CF,
I’d pay good money to see you in your stirrup pants, and wish so much you could have come. I wore our shirt, as you know, and my weirdo jeans from when I was 13. They’re oddly high-waisted, and from the knees down they’re tie-dyed white with embroidered stars. I have an actual picture [...]

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Doris Day, Fertility Goddess

Dear Millicent,
I am sure I am not the first one to present this thesis, but, like a college freshman, since the thought arrived in my head solo, I’ll pretend like I am the first to discover that the pool has a deep end. In every film that I have watched starring Doris Day she [...]

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The Mermaids, Singing

While watching Funny Girl, I kept wanting to apply the plot from Disney’s The Little Mermaid.  It doesn’t completely hold up, but is fun to consider.

Red hair.
The view from the bottom (Fanny’s Henry Street her own little ocean kingdom)
The singing, usually about yearning or adorable shenanigans.
Legs as the beauty ideal.  Fanny is constantly referencing her [...]

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The Thrill of it All!

Dear tollbooth phantom,
It’s Friday. My cat has taken a nap in the sun, behind my laptop, and is very much enjoying stretching herself into the gap between desk and wall. She also just took a bite out of an inspirational quote (yes, I do that) that I had taped over the laptop, as, [...]

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