Texarkana had a working synagogue at that time that's since been shut down, but Bowie county is marked blue: tjpnews.com/texarkana-sy...

We should tell Barry marshall that ulcers come from h pylori AND querying 😭

considering changing this WIP I had that was 63k words in from third to first person, partially as a way to distract myself from anxiety over a full I sent out, and also because I've come to learn I write better in first person.

I know! Stoked to dig into the two perspectives. My book club is doing James, so thought it would be best to go all in since I hadn't read Huck Finn before!

If you ever want another hand, I'm a computational linguist with free time on my hands and I'd love to contribute :)

thank you! I'd like to think it is 😁

edit my synopsis so it's actually entertaining 🫠

'The wife plopped down in a huff beside me, stretching her legs into the blue and red pebbles. “When you get back to the office for me, I’ll need you to do me a favor and tell that boss of yours something. You know he made us prove we had a tetanus vaccine record before coming. Tetanus!”'

hyperfocusing on a fine sentence that you know can be better is the only way to do it!

20k in 5 days is a TON!

🫠🫠🫠 it's the best kind of anxiety!