june in review
Hey! Hi! You’re here. Thank you.
Here we are almost on the other side of June. How are you? Have you been drinking enough water? I have not. Have you been trying to enjoy the beauty of the present moment while counting down the days until autumn (89)?? I have! Have you done something gay yet this month? I have! I am! Forever!
Oh & before I forget, Yaya says hi.
June Things
favorite read:
I wrote about my favorite June read here.
It’s Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino. My bestie
gets all the flowers for making me read this weird, wonderful novel. It’s one of those books that when I find myself tunneling down an anxious hole, I picture the cover of this novel, and I feel just a little better. If you like books about how strange and beautiful life is or if you’ve ever felt like an alien yourself (hi), this one is for you. Also, Cancers, this one is for us. 10/10 on the tenderness scale.Not to be a little b, but I read a 2025 release this month. I’m not ready to talk about it yet, but I will, and just saying, this one is really fucking good. A book of a generation, knock you out, beat you up, damn good book. Am I using this as a ploy to string you along so you keep reading this newsletter?? Maybe I am! That’s showbiz baby!
one glimmer:
We took ourselves out to dinner this month to celebrate our little gay life, and Rebecca took this picture of me.
It’s a rare and lucky thing to feel like yourself. I feel like myself here. And I like her.
book I’m looking forward to:
Everybody, and by everybody I mean the bookstagrammers in my corner of the internet (who else is there?), is hyped about The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.
Listen, I love hype. This one is described as a mix between a domestic drama and a crime novel. I love drama. I live for the drama. Out July 2nd.
biggest surprise:
Dunkin went to the vet and it was minimally traumatizing for all involved!!
If you’re new here, this is mostly a forum for me to talk about my dogs, masquerading as a book newsletter. You’re welcome!
Our guy Dunkin has a hard time with a lot of things that come easier for other dogs. He’s a rescue and we don’t know much about what happened in the two years before we found him, but it wasn’t good. We have had a heck of a time with him at the vet and our previous vet made us feel like 1) Dunkin was the worst dog they had ever encountered (lol) and 2) it was probably our fault.
We tried a new vet this week and it was so much better! Dunkin was brave. Moms were brave (mostly), and the vet was kind and validating. She was so good with Dunkin, going exactly at his pace, and asking lots of questions to try to understand his tiny walnut brain (good luck).
Dog people will understand how good it felt to work with someone who sees the good in our little goblin. She kept telling him what a good boy he is and I was ready to curl up and quietly weep in the corner. Because the thing is, he really is a good boy. We see it every day, and to have someone validate that was the brightest glimmer of all.
The upshot is… Dunkin is going on Prozac!! This is good for many reasons, not the least of which is that I can now make jokes about welcoming Dunkin into the SSRI club. I’m a Celexa girlie for what it’s worth.
I’m a 30 year old lesbian with generalized anxiety disorder and depressive tendencies, you thought I was going to have a mentally well, neurotypical dog??
Surprise!
Anywhoo, how was your month? Tell me your glimmers, your favorite reads, your surprises are surprising to absolutely no one.
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Wherever you are, I hope your day is gentle and weird in a good way.
I love you.
Love,
Rosamond
I'm so glad you found a new vet! YAY! One glimmer from my month was the VERY GAY BRUNCH we had together. Another was taking a beautiful swim under dark and towering storm clouds (but no rain)! And it's weird but possibly my favorite book of June was No Voyage by Mary Oliver even though I didn't really like the poems. You get it!
My glimmer was SCOTLAND!!!!!