And because I think it's important to balance social media brags with how hard it can be to get published: out of the batches I sent this fall, I also got rejections from 8 other journals. I'd put the "Hang In There" kitten, but I'd rather show Dot helping me out with my writing 😼

And with a silver saxophone with a blue mouthpiece? Perfect.

Hope it goes well and they can get it cleared up! Also they better have the game on, remind them it's essential for... healthy... therapeutic... reasons?

"Can they get to that elite Detroit Lions level" is a thing a commentator just said, in real life, on national tv, during a Packers game, and I can't stop smiling

I was talking about this with a friend of mine recently. Like, I strongly agree that we need more spaces where people with different views interact. But... I've seen no evidence that social media fills that role. A real "third space" humanizes people you disagree with. Social media dehumanizes them.

I'll just have to wait for the Rattle Mid-Life Crisis Poets Anthology, I guess... 😢

Just serve the pie early and call it a side, problem solved