No Time for Small Talk
Nicole J. Johns šI don't want to spend my one wild and precious life talking about the weather. Personal essays and micro memoirs about grief, mortality, middle age, and the beauty in ordinary life.
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Lake Minnewashta Regional Park, Shorewood, MN
Last fall I wrote about writing through the autumnal chaos that begins at the end of summer.
Well, here we are again.
I love autumn with all my basic bitch heart:
Changing leaves.
C...
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Dispatches From Bereavement Leave
My grandma died a couple weeks ago. In my last post, For 45 Years, I Had a Grandparent, I wrote about the time between when my grandma went on hospice and when she died. Today I am sharing dispatches from my five days of bereavement leave....
For 45 Years, I Had a Grandparent
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My grandma, my last living grandparent, is on hospice.
Iām writing this on the fly, in the library on my last summer Friday. I work four 10-hour days during the summer, which means I have Fridays off...
I Think Youāll Like This (August 2026)
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No Time for Small Talk is a reader-supported pub...
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Essays and micro memoirs about grief, mortality, middle age, and the complicated beauty of this life, with a side of dark humor and cautious optimism.
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