Sarah Johns
@sarahcjohns.bsky.social
Writer (The Sirens of Soleil City, Random House, 2024), Minnesotan, mother of teens.
A French brand I like that was already a splurge at $160 for a blouse is now $223 for the same shirt.
September 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A French brand I like that was already a splurge at $160 for a blouse is now $223 for the same shirt.
I was going to say - has no one looked at the new MN flag? We did a good job with it!
September 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I was going to say - has no one looked at the new MN flag? We did a good job with it!
Agreed. That was a stellar use of that meme.
July 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Agreed. That was a stellar use of that meme.
Cue the “no one wants to work anymore” chorus about unfilled part-time jobs that usually go to the young because they decide to sell stuff online instead of having more of their paycheck go to taxes.
July 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Cue the “no one wants to work anymore” chorus about unfilled part-time jobs that usually go to the young because they decide to sell stuff online instead of having more of their paycheck go to taxes.
It is $7 for a bubble tea. Adds up quick!
June 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It is $7 for a bubble tea. Adds up quick!
My teens can’t go to the movies after 7pm unless they’re 18 (thanks AMC!) or sit in a chain restaurant and have a meal even though they have jobs of their own. So, they get takeout and it’s back to the basement. What are they supposed to do?
June 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My teens can’t go to the movies after 7pm unless they’re 18 (thanks AMC!) or sit in a chain restaurant and have a meal even though they have jobs of their own. So, they get takeout and it’s back to the basement. What are they supposed to do?
Technically, yes. But it’s disingenuous to put it on her. She was a politician, it was part of a compromise that was reached. She took one for the team, and was very vocal about her unhappiness about it.
June 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Technically, yes. But it’s disingenuous to put it on her. She was a politician, it was part of a compromise that was reached. She took one for the team, and was very vocal about her unhappiness about it.
Reminder that these are people too - in this shooting, my kids’ favorite English teacher just lost her parents.
June 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reminder that these are people too - in this shooting, my kids’ favorite English teacher just lost her parents.
Wow. She’s definitely my hero of the day! That’s the kind of move you’d like to think you’re capable of but so very, very few actually are. (And what an amazing community!)
May 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Wow. She’s definitely my hero of the day! That’s the kind of move you’d like to think you’re capable of but so very, very few actually are. (And what an amazing community!)
Agreed. Single payer health care? A domestic Peace Corps program like the kind Buttigieg advocated for in 2020? It could all happen in The After.
May 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Agreed. Single payer health care? A domestic Peace Corps program like the kind Buttigieg advocated for in 2020? It could all happen in The After.
I saw one today with TOYOTA painted on the back. No?
May 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I saw one today with TOYOTA painted on the back. No?
The choir at my kids’ small high school sang a slow version of Creep and it was surprisingly moving! All those teens were feeling that song.
April 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The choir at my kids’ small high school sang a slow version of Creep and it was surprisingly moving! All those teens were feeling that song.
It’s true and as much as I pledged to ignore rankings completely when my son started looking at colleges, I was happy that he liked College A better than College B because, while incredibly similar, College A is ranked higher (and therefore is $5K/yr more expensive). We’re so conditioned!
November 17, 2024 at 8:22 PM
It’s true and as much as I pledged to ignore rankings completely when my son started looking at colleges, I was happy that he liked College A better than College B because, while incredibly similar, College A is ranked higher (and therefore is $5K/yr more expensive). We’re so conditioned!
Yep, whooping cough has been going around my kids’ very liberal school since early October. Teens of late 2000s “vaccines bad” left-wing parents.
November 14, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Yep, whooping cough has been going around my kids’ very liberal school since early October. Teens of late 2000s “vaccines bad” left-wing parents.
And to think I had more or less forgotten all about Susan Collins…
November 13, 2024 at 11:18 PM
And to think I had more or less forgotten all about Susan Collins…