The Newsletters I'm Not Writing

How good it feels to be back to work with the baby back at daycare.How lucky I feel that our state's covid numbers are relatively good.How scared I am to jinx things.The value of the half hour I spent importing my to-do list into Airtable.Power ranking of the weird pop tart flavors most recently in our house.HurricanesClimate changeAbortionGerrymanderingVoting rightsetc.Waiting for my one remaining Mexican sunflower to bloomHow scraggly the wildflower garden has gottenI think I saw a baby dragonfly?Eating extremely mediocre pop tarts because they are thereAn ode to the instagram close friends listThe pop tarts start to grow on you, actuallyOn BudgetingOn ParentingOn the sudden emergence of a toddler's ability to play pretend1,500 words vividly imagining a vacation I'd like to takeAn ode to the stick-on gel manicures I've been buying from KoreaWho do I have to pay to let me hold a newborn for 20 minutes?He pretends the closet is the grocery store and he holds every item between his fingers like a speck of dust.Will base layers alleviate my fear of this winterA special letter, extra beautiful, only for people who don't get summer FridaysOn TaskmasterSomething about books(I hope you're holding up okay. See you next week.) 

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