I almost screamed when I got to the Audra graf at the end. "Then she turned to the window and sighed, 'What a beautiful day.'"

I'm a fan of Kevin Wilson's quirky family dramas, so this one's on my to-read list.

You don't even need to be a subscriber to read these! You just need to have registered with the Times, and you get a certain number of free articles every month.

If you're a registered reader, there isn't a paywall.

is there still a used book store?

I get a lot of yellow-bellied sapsuckers in the yard, too, though they would never come to a feeder.

In the winter I have a suction-cup suet feeder attached to one of my kitchen windows, and the downy and hairy woodpeckers love it.

downy woodpecker

Felt good to laugh.

I go back and forth between listlessly scrolling online, paging through the last 6 months of the New Yorker, and trying — and failing — to read a book.

You did BOTH at the same time???