Daily Archives: July 25, 2020
The Virus Claims Yet Another Social Event
Posted on July 25, 2020 16 Comments
Krissy’s extended family congregates every year in early August for a reunion, an event that a few years back had its 100th anniversary — but because of the virus, there will be no reunion this year. The family skipping the reunion has only happened once before, in concert with World War II, so if you’re […]
Nostalgia Vu
Posted on July 25, 2020 45 Comments
I woke up this morning with a song from the 2001 film Josie and the Pussycats in my head, and because of that felt mildly wistful for the era in which it came out, the sort of Millennial Moment just before 9/11, with its boy bands and first Internet Bubble and all the sorts of […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying