Notable | October

Hello, mad creative geniuses!

Many of you know that my father had a seizure just as I was leaving town, and I am so thankful for those of you who reached out with caring words and encouragement, and to those of you who are here listening. Beyond the oddity that I was in town and so immediately available to go to the hospital, I’d just written a piece about my ongoing frustration with his Q Anonic tendencies. So, as I found myself advocating for his care at the hospital, the article was going viral. Should I take it down? I wondered, not out of regret at writing it, but because trolls can be so contemptible. I couldn’t bear the thought of opening the page to see negative commentary hurled at my father (in the echo chamber that is this type of commentary, this had happened before).

First off, we were camped out in the ER for two and a half days. Yes, I add that half day because every minute—in that hell that is contemporary, pandemic-style hospitalization vis a vis the ER while waiting for your real bed—was an eterni…