Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.
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I think we’re alone now.
I put my carryon in the closet, back behind the laundry bin.
I put my carryon in the closet, back behind the laundry bin. It seems like an okay place to store a bag. I haven’t needed one until now. The bag’s sat by the front door for the f...
ONE OF THE GOOD ONES
I don’t think you’re supposed to see the Indigo Girls indoors, but that was the only way I could go.
I don’t think you’re supposed to see the Indigo Girls indoors, but that was the only way I could go. I had the Mississippi Book festival o...
The Ripples
I’m in Chicago for the book festival tomorrow, listening to sirens and remembering that I forgot my earplugs and my mind will not shut up.
I’m in Chicago for the book festival tomorrow, listening to sirens and remembering that I forgot my...
Dolly.
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry. I’ve been trying to find the words but I think I just want to listen to her a little while. So I’m going to repost this. She was everything good in the world and we all knew it was coming but I still cannot believe th...
Baby Bears
I was planning to log in here and yell a little bit about AI.
I was planning to log in here and yell a little bit about AI. But everyone’s yelling about AI, and I’m just bored of the subject. I’m bored of seeing it. Bored of the emails I g...
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NYT bestselling author of Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing and Monster of a Land, coming June 2026. (Say “huff.” Good job.)
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