Archive - The WordMonkey Chronicles by Jackie Pick

Suburbialis Clangum: A Melodic Guide to Your Neighborhood Wilderness

Nature May Abhor a Vacuum but Suburbia Sure Loves a Leaf Blower.

Apr 17 •

The Folio – What I Read March Through Mid-April 2024

It’s all about the transformation!

Apr 10 •

Gutterballs, Keanu Reeves, and Other Spicy Things: March 2024

A Life and Other Existential Problems Post

Apr 2 •

March 2024

(Don’t disturb the sediment)

Mar 27 •

So You Get To Chaperone Your Child's Field Trip

Get to. Have to. Same advice applies.

Mar 21 •

All the reads and a bag of chips…

Mar 4 •

February 2024

The Shelf Life of Edginess: January 2024 Reads

January. We race to be the people we vowed to be back when 2024 was fresh. The stuff of ball drops and champagne. But the grinding. But the January…

Feb 2 •

January 2024

(Archival Gooey Goodness)

Jan 31 •

Artistic Slipstreams

Thoughts on You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith

Jan 25 •

No dream, (Quality time) Or folly (Me time) No praise, (You’re hilarious) Or insult — (Swamp donkey) — even British (Useless Numpty) (Fun, innit?) Empty…

Jan 14 •

December 2023

Resolutions and Whatnot

I hereby publicly state my 2024 resolutions before the tide of rants decrying resolutions as the folly of a made-up Hallmark Holiday. 1. Become…

Dec 31, 2023 •

For the discerning ne'er-do-well wordsmith

Dec 18, 2023 •

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