El :) - Elena's Take

End-of-Winter/Sad Dad Poem Post

Or, "shit is so serious right now I had to write a 'weird relationship with dad' poem instead of an ' emotionally-fraught relationship with mom' poem. This one is maybe kind of a downer, but I wanted to publish it now since it feels like this

a meme of clippy saying "it looks like conditions have become unbearable! do you wish to continue?"

On: Cracking My Phone Open and Drinking the Juice Inside

I know I only just started having a newsletter. But I've already re-thought where I want it to be, and have left Substack for the (hopefully?) greener pastures of Ghost. And, if they try something funky and weird here, I'll just pick up and leave again.

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Building A Bug Out Bag Even Your Wife Could Love

or, getting into emergency preparedness without going off the deep end

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Fine China at the Bottom of Terror Bay, Lightly Used

or, an elegiac Franklin Expedition poem with a side dish of ecological anxiety

Some Franklin relics: forks, spoons, coins. Two of the forks are crossed (maybe a bit ominously?)

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Scurvy Is Proof God Doesn’t Love Us

Or, What I Learned About Scurvy Because of the Lost Franklin Expedition

A kitten in a pink bow is teaching three other kittens from a book. Behind him, a fourth kitten in a dunce cap is crying.

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2024 Reading Confessional

including some offering in my favorite genre, Type 3 fun