a few of my favorite things

NOT a gift guide

I had a few ideas for this week’s post: I could respond to Heather Havrilesky’s advice to this sad novelist, I could write you a humorous narrative of every single appliance in my house breaking while I’m racing to finish my gothic novel (did this happen to Shirley Jackson? I’m thinking yes), or I could just make a list of my favorite things.

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