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Deb Olin Unferth's avatar

You are the hero of this substack. ❤️

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Ken, or Kenny Genku Erickson's avatar

Barton Springs reports are the cream in my coffee.

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Michael $&#'s avatar

Are raccoons the kind of creatures, like possums, that will wait and watch for humans to discard something that might be edible.

I can’t tell if the that in that should go between creatures and the first comma, or where it is, or if it matters one way or the other. 😩

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M.A. Gerard's avatar

Now I want--nay, demand!--that ventriloquist novel. A companion to Niagara Falls All Over Again? Have you read Jennifer Boylan’s stuff? She’s also fascinated by ventriloquists. If you’re interested, here’s a taster: https://jenniferboylan.net/jfb-in-nyt-we-want-cake-too/

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Sarah Bain's avatar

A bookstore that never closed sounds lovely but here in Washington State I don’t even think they were allowed. We were limited to essential stores only though I suppose one could have argued bookstores are essential.

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Louise Strecker's avatar

You may be untidy but you’re clean! You’ve got your priorities right. (I felt the same way when I was teaching in The Academia.)

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Patty Mooney's avatar

Oh raccoons! We had an encounter about a month ago where a family of them came to a canyon sloping off the end of our backyard. How cute as they frolicked in a bucket of water that Mark leaves for meandering critters. Then a couple of nights later they raided the persimmon tree and decimated all the fruit. Aargh.

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Dian Parker's avatar

💛🦦🧡

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