#28: Lovey dovey voting time
Plus the bizarre new sculpture I'm working on
Is it already the 20th of January? In just 8 days, I’ll be turning 33. It feels very exciting to be turning an age divisible by 11 (don’t ask me why, cuz I don’t know). This month has flown by; I still find myself wanting to wish folks a happy new year!
And somehow, we’re already at VOTING TIME. Y’all are teaming up with my precious Patreon crew to…
💌 vote on the required action and word for this month’s micro fiction,
💌 pick next month’s historical topic, AND
💌 suggest strange historical mail to explore down the line!
This month’s short-short story will be inspired by the weirdos of Circleville. If you haven’t read it…y’all. It is a juicy tale of twisted Americana that I can’t recommend enough:
#27: The Circleville Letters
Howdy, angels of the new year! How is 2024 for your lil soul? These past ten days have been clicking for me. On Saturday, Rhody and I met up with a new friend at the flea market, a hodgepodge of tables and blankets where antiques rub elbows with mom’s reject immersion blender. The market circles the Église St Aubin (which I just learned is
Everyone who read last week, already knows that last at the flea market I nabbed a two-foot bronze sculpture that was missing a head and decided to…improve on it. Here’s how that’s going:
I’m obsessed. When it’s done, I’ll stick a succulent in the hole and pop this behemoth in our living room. On a budgie, we’re turning this home into a dream home, one bizarro renovation at a time. Sculpting has been a revelation for this formerly 2D-exclusive artist, and I’m already plotting my next 3D projects. If you need an unsettling planter/sculpture for your living room/bedroom/cubicle, you know where to find me.
🗳 Voting time
What’s this month’s story gonna be? Am I going to step into the Circleville Writer’s mind and try my hand at playing the villain? Will I reimagine the case as solved by Hercule Poirot? Will we follow the school kids who saw obscene signs on the bus route every day? That all depends on how you vote!
If you haven’t already, upgrade that subscription, honey, and get voting!
Or refer this newsletter to three friends and get a month of voting without spending a ding dang penny! Refer five, and I’ll even mail you some art! Either way, you get to hop on board the historical gossip train.
For everyone else…it’s voting time:
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