This is Ridiculous
M M De Voe (aka @FemmeKafka)random thoughts of a New Yorker who was born Lithuanian in Texas
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No business like nobody's business
/me, waving from an upper balcony seat
I’ve been wearing this set of tiny book earrings (that Joe Kennedy made) all week because I really love how enthusiastically many people agree to write in them.
It turns out the Parisian part...
Contagious
Hey out there, who’s happy?
Listening to the song “happy” this morning, I realized it legitimately lifted my spirits. I was dancing.
Earlier I had gotten a rejection letter, was gritting my teeth at a long day ahead of me of the most mise...
I didn’t write this
Grab your favorite beverage and settle in -this is a long one
This love-filled, aching, beautiful, longform essay about the slow death of journalism was written by a professional journalist, and every word of it proves that journalism mus...
The Things I do for Love
No cute farmhand greeting. No moo. No clucking chickens. No time for any of that.
Because I love the arts, and because I support great arts in whatever form they may reveal themselves, I drove to a barn 200 miles from my house to go to a c...
Dancing on the Head of a Pin
Hallelujah!
That’s how my mom tends to sign off or greet the family. Maybe that’s why I keep acting like a good citizen of ancient Rome.
Saw this decoration on a church in Boston - presumably it is to visually brand the church Catholic wi...
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