My freakishly large head and a thing I wear on top of it and the things that are rattling around inside of it that I will now offload into your head, you're welcome.
WOW!!! California Closets and that light! Also, thank you SO much for nomrinating my poem! Also, I laughed because I had to "subscribe" to your newsletter I'm already subscribed to take your poll. --ha! So maybe, I'll be the lucky one to get it twice. LOVE reading these, Beth Ann. And I'm so sorry about your friend, but your hat story is lovely--made me weepy in the good way.
Along the lines of the cheerleader story, when I was in grad school at Arkansas my office mate Paul had a student tell him he’d been in a car accident. When Paul asked him for verification in order to excuse the absence, he expected the student to bring in a copy of the accident report. The student brought in what was left of the headlight assembly complete with a little bit of tree bark on it. It stayed on his shelf in the office until we graduated.
There's probably some argument to be made that "Irish Goobye" is the noun form and "Irish Exit" the verb (e.g., "Your man totally Irish exited last night, we didn't have a clue where he'd gone").
WOW!!! California Closets and that light! Also, thank you SO much for nomrinating my poem! Also, I laughed because I had to "subscribe" to your newsletter I'm already subscribed to take your poll. --ha! So maybe, I'll be the lucky one to get it twice. LOVE reading these, Beth Ann. And I'm so sorry about your friend, but your hat story is lovely--made me weepy in the good way.
Coming to see you in the ATL! It's my spring break and a great "artist date" for myself. Loved the pics from Ossabaw on IG.
I love your newsletter Beth Ann! So exciting to hear about Greenfield Farm. Congratulations on making that a reality!
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Along the lines of the cheerleader story, when I was in grad school at Arkansas my office mate Paul had a student tell him he’d been in a car accident. When Paul asked him for verification in order to excuse the absence, he expected the student to bring in a copy of the accident report. The student brought in what was left of the headlight assembly complete with a little bit of tree bark on it. It stayed on his shelf in the office until we graduated.
There's probably some argument to be made that "Irish Goobye" is the noun form and "Irish Exit" the verb (e.g., "Your man totally Irish exited last night, we didn't have a clue where he'd gone").
My hat goes off to you, Beth-Ann (or should I say your friend Jack’s hat.). Happy Substack Birthday!
Will you buy new books for those empty shelves? Debra
My daughter goes to Agnes! I’ll tell her about your reading- Super cool!
Xo
Beth Ann, really enjoyed this last piece. Here's one you might enjoy that I just published in Salvation South, on the solace of mountain streams https://www.salvationsouth.com/will-the-rivers-still-run-blue-ridge-mountain-rivers-essay-gary-grossman/