Happy dump-all-the-projects-on-the-freelancers-desk-before-leaving-for-the-long-weekend day for all who celebrate.

Happy to share that University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences published my essay, "My summer of demolition and renovation: Remodeling our bathroom and learning I had cancer in my face."

Here's a link to the new issue of 'Medicine and Meaning.'

medicineandmeaning.uams.edu/my-summer-of...

Congrats to @birdiebuddies.bsky.social on the release of the Little Birdie Buddies of Love. And thanks to book designer
@illustrada.bsky.social for using Marcel!

Tomorrow marks one year since a biopsy revealed I had skin cancer. Two days of surgery and months of recovery followed.
I invite you to read an essay I wrote about the experience.
carolyn-porter.com/my-summer-of...

I learned something new about my grandfather last week. He was born in 1900 and fought in France in WWI. When WWII came around -- with two of his sons fighting in the war -- he volunteered to fight again. (The military didn't take him, he was too old, but he volunteered anyway).

This podcast about parenting a kid with ADHD is so, so good. Whether you're in a similar situation or not you'll learn something about ADHD -- and ship salvage. It's an unconventional confluence of topics, but it will make sense once you start listening -- I promise! @erynecki.bsky.social

My book has been out for seven years and I am truly honored that book clubs still choose to read and discuss it. Thank you Friends of the Ely Public Library (...if I had known I could have joined via Zoom)! #MarcelsLetters

You guys: this podcast is so good. Episode #3 next week!

Expecting to hear "rapid unscheduled disassembly" the next time a client's project goes awry.

My latest newsletter… with some behind the scenes stuff about That Sinking Feeling open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

Let me share a story about deporting once-welcomed workers...

My friend Louise is 99 years old. She has lived in Minnesota since the late 1940s, but was born and raised in Paris. Both her parents had been born in Poland, but moved to Paris in the booming inter-war years. At that time France...

My dad has been gone for 2-1/2 years, and last night, for the first time, he showed up in a dream. We talked through a half-open door for 3 or 4 minutes. In the dream everything was clear as day, but after waking all I could remember is the surprise in my voice when I saw him and said "hi dad!"

I brought a cake w/ candles to a friend who is turning 99 next week. Unbeknownst to me, my local Kowalski's sells trick candles that re-light after you blow them out. Picture a 98-year-old lady trying to blow out a cake full of candles that won't go out. Equal parts 'WTF?! is happening' + laughter.

Typical #Minnesotan: I heard about someone who thought "Bluesky" was pronounced "Blueskee"

Welp, I've made the switch from X. Hoping to rebuild connections in the #typedesign #graphicdesign and #author worlds. Am I up for yet another social platform? We'll see.