Alison

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You know this world is killing me. Lexington, KY.

A sign on a door that reads “Door will close on it’s own”. And we all know it should be “its,” right?
A photo of a big screen showing Jakob Dylan at the Railbird Festival in Lexington, KY. The screen says “RAILBIRD” at the top, and we can see Dylan underneath. He is wearing a denim shirt, Ray-Ban sunglasses, and a wide-brimmed hat. He is still hot.
A photo of two cats sitting on different levels of a small cat tree. Sid is on the middle level; he is a tabby with a white chest. Nancy is on the bottom level of the tree. She is also a tabby-and-white cat, but her fur is long and fluffy. Both cats are looking toward the camera. In the background is a bookshelf, and there is a patio door and patio to the right of the cat tree.
A black cat stands next to a broom on a patio, with a brick wall behind. The cat looks a bit stoned; I wish I had been able to get a better photo, but he was moving around a lot.
A close-up photo I took of the left half of a tabby cat’s face: eye and ear, with a bit of the left paw extending to my chest. In the background is my right hand holding the paperback book I was reading when the cat wormed his way onto my lap.
A screen shot of the NYTimes game Spelling Bee, showing a honeycomb of seven letters, with the letter A in a yellow hexagon in the center. The letters can spell Barack Obama's name, which is typed as all one word above the honeycomb.
A photo of the 12th edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate dictionary. It is a red book sitting on a mottled brown table top.
A selfie I took on Tuesday morning just after diffusing my curls. I am smiling; my hair is light brown and curly (and looks great!), I am wearing black glasses frames, and my t-shirt says “I heart trans people.” T-shirt design by https://www.teepublic.com/user/wondershout
A not-great photo of a clear plastic speculum with googly eyes, a purple pompom nose, and pipe cleaner antlers.
An image of my Apple Music Replay, showing my Top Three: Artists: Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Tame Impala Genres: Alternative, French Pop, Rock Songs: Le Soleil Donne (Laurent Voulzy), Tout Seul (Didier Sustrac), Sensualité (Axelle Red) Albums: The Nightfly (Donald Fagen), In Rainbows (Radiohead), Days to Come (Bonobo)
A video showing a cheesecloth sack full of yogurt, hanging over a strainer and bowl, and dripping whey.
A photo of a paragraph from “Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!” by M.E. Kerr, originally published in 1972. “When Natalia returned, she had written something under Tucker's invitation. ‘I'll go if Dinky has a date for it too.’ To Tucker's mind, that was like Natalia saying she'd go if it snowed for three months straight in Biloxi, Mississippi, or if all the Republican members of Congress asked for asylum in Russia.”
I am holding the book “Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!” by M.E. Kerr. You can barely see my left hand, and the cover is from 2007 and it is drawn like a graphic novel or cartoon; it shows a black cat with glowing yellow eyes set against a brick wall. There is a text balloon that forms a cloud above the cat’s head with the title of the novel within it.
A photo of a young buff/orange cat awaiting pets on top of a blue recycling bin. The cat is in mid-action, about to flop onto its side.
The Jeopardy! answer—photo taken of the actual TV screen—is “LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE & SANTANDER, SPAIN ARE PORTS ON THIS BAY”
"THE GREATEST CRIMES IN THE WORLD ARE NOT COMMITTED BY PEOPLE BREAKING THE RULES BUT BY PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE RULES. IT'S PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW ORDERS THAT DROP BOMBS AND MASSACRE VILLAGES." - Banksy As seen on the wall at the Moco Museum in Amsterdam, September 2025.
Actor Michael Shannon sits cross-legged on the stage at the Kentucky Theatre on 9/28/2025. He is wearing a ball cap backwards, a robin’s-egg blue bowling-type shirt, faded black jeans, and tennis shoes. He is holding a microphone in his right hand as he speaks to the audience.
A screencap of the New York Times game Spelling Bee. The possible letters today are A, C, N, O, P, T, and U, with P being the letter that must be used. I typed “cuntpunt,” which is in the sorority letter that Michael Shannon recreated a few years back. (Yes, “cunt punt” is probably two words. It’s a joke.)
A photo of page 76 in “107 Days,” showing the following paragraph: "They used to call me.." She turned to her translator, whom she'd barely consulted during our meeting, and said a German word. "It is a very ugly bird," the translator explained. "They used to call me this—this ugly bird," she said. "And at first, it hurt me deeply." She leaned forward. "Don't you ever let them make you cry."
A photo of a glass of rosé wine on a café table in a village in France. The sunlight is nicely illuminating the wine, and behind the glass of wine, blurred, you can see two glasses of water, the backs of two chairs, and further back, some blurry people sitting at other café tables. The sky is really blue.
A photo of a grey-and-white tabby cat sitting in an empty suitcase on the floor. He is very cute.
Four small photo portraits of me at age 21— a smiley blonde gal with dimples—taken for a sorority composite. The words “Unretouched proof, Fraternal Composite Service, Inc.” are stamped on the bottom of each photo.
This is a screen cap of a text, with a photo of a menu from a Swiss restaurant in it. In larger font, in French, is written “LES ENTRÉES” and underneath is the (Swiss?) German translation “Vorspeisen” and a bad English translation, “Entrances.” Yes, “entrée” means “entrance,” but it is also the starting course of a meal. My daughter’s comment about it was, “My eyes are bleeding,” which you can see at the bottom of the screen cap.
A screen cap from the Translate app on my phone, saying: Translate French < Putain, j'ai les boules English (US) * Damn, I have the balls
Then-governor of North Carolina Roy Cooper with his leashed dog. Cooper is smiling and wearing a royal blue polo-type shirt and tan shorts. The dog is a mixed breed and we can’t see its face. It’s a medium-sized dog with golden-orange fur. In the background we can see a gate and the governor’s mansion behind it.
A Prayer Before Reading the News (written by Rabbi Irwin Keller in early 2016) Elohai neshamah shenatata bi tehorah hi My God, the soul you have placed in me is pure and vulnerable. I am afraid that looking at today's news will be painful. Encircle me in a robe of light so that l can witness the wounds of the world without being wounded myself. Let me learn what I need to know in order to be of my greatest use, without being overwhelmed by despair. I feel your protective light now as l open myself to the world's suffering and the world's joys. Amen
A strike by air traffic controllers is disrupting travel to, from and over France Associated Press 01:22AM ET, 07/04/2025 PARIS (AP) - About 40% of flights were canceled Friday at all Paris airports and tens of thousands of passengers were rearranging plans at the height of the summer travel season because of a strike by French air traffic controllers seeking better working conditions. Disruptions started hitting airports around France on Thursday and intensified Friday. The national civil aviation authority asked airlines to cancel 40% of flights Friday at Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Beauvais airports serving Paris, half of flights in Nice and 30% of flights in Marseille, Lyon and some other cities. Despite the preventive cancelations, the authority warned in a statement that "disruptions and long delays are to be expected at all French airports."
A photo showing a white man standing on a street corner, holding a sign that reads, “Let Iran build nukes.” On the left of the photo is another white man with his back to the camera; he is wearing an American flag as a cape and is walking away. The two men had been conversing just prior to my taking the photo.
A screen cap of an email receipt: Alison, thank you for your donation to OUTMemphis Inbox Give Lively to me OUT MEMPHIS Thank You, Alison Dear Alison, Thank you for your donation to OUTMemphis: The LGBTQ+ Center for the Mid-South! Donation Amount $25.72 Date of Donation Wednesday, June 18, 2025 No goods or services were provided in exchange for your contribution.
A photo of a curb “island” at the entrance/exit to a medical clinic. There are pretty flowers planted, but also a huge tire imprint from what was likely a big truck. The tire went through a row of the flowers. It felt symbolic/metaphorical to me.
An image of Hermione Granger from a Harry Potter movie, holding her magic wand. The text reads “It’s HIPAA, not HIPPA” and it’s modeled after Hermione’s correction of a fellow student’s pronunciation of a magic spell, wingardium leviosa.
This is a black-and-white photo of me at about age 12. I am holding a corner shelf I built in shop class. I’m wearing a v-neck shirt with horizontal stripes and dark jeans. I have glasses and am not really smiling, but you can still see my dimples. My hair is parted in the middle and my bangs are brushed to each side. This is not a very flattering photo of me at all.
A photo of a fluffy black-and-white cat. She is sitting underneath an umbrella—left open to dry—with panels in every color of the rainbow. Behind the cat and the umbrella is a bookshelf.
Screen cap from my email with the following text: Summary • _________ sent a login confirmation code. • An automated system also sent a login confirmation code. By Gemini; there may be mistakes. Learn more
A photo of what I *think* are black-eyed Susans (yellow flowers with black centers) in my back yard, which we are transforming from a lawn into a meadow.
This is a photo of a smashed, beat-up Kleenex™️ box that’s been sitting on the passenger seat of my car for a few months. It still manages to contain the remaining tissues.
A photo of me, grinning like a fool as I talk to Erlend Øye of Kings of Convenience after their show at La Sirène in La Rochelle, France, on April 26, 2023. Erlend is sitting with his legs crossed; he is looking up at me and has his right hand in my left arm. I’m bending toward him, and we are smiling at each other. It was a lovely moment. Photo taken by my friend Austin Cooney.
Han Solo frozen in carbonite in a display at the Muséum de Toulouse. Photo taken in early March 2023. There is a woman standing in front of the display, in a stance that looks skeptical to the photographer.
A photo of musician Sturgill Simpson playing an electric guitar. There's a backdrop of a brick wall/building, but Sturgill's head and shoulders have the sky as a backdrop.
My cat, a fluffy tabby-and-white mix who’s named Nancy Spungen. She’s sitting on the arm of a yellow recliner and you can see part of a red blanket in the seat, which is where I was sitting when I took this photo.
A photo of Emily St. James’s novel “Woodworking.” I am holding the book in my right hand and my cat is sitting on my lap, behind the book. His face is partially obscured by the book.
Screen cap text: A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: There is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some diehard's vote. -David Foster Wallace, novelist, essayist, and short story writer (21 Feb 1962-2008)
A selfie that only shows the bottom half of my face and a grey t-shirt that reads, “I heart trans people.” The heart shows the colors of the trans flag.
A photo of a sign that reads “No Beach Fires / Fill Your Clam Holes” with some beach scrub in the foreground and pine trees in the background. I took this photo at Kala Point in Port Townsend, WA a couple of years ago.
A screen cap from an email from Glassdoor, advertising a full-time French interpreting job in Houston, TX, offering $18.00 an hour. This is an utterly insulting wage, in case it’s not clear.
Sid Vicious (a tabby/white mixed kitty) shows off his toe beans. He is lounging on a red blanket and is staring off into space.
My kitty, Miss Nancy Spungen, sitting next to the book “Starter Villain” by John Scalzi. Nancy looks a lot like the cat on the cover of the book.
A photo of a floofy black-and-white cat sitting rather unceremoniously. Her belly is hanging out and she is looking off into the distance to her left. Behind her are a fridge and deep bluish-purple cabinets.
A screen cap from Heather Cox Richardson’s “Letters from an American” newsletter. The first paragraph reads: “The fight between MAGA and DOGE continues. Original MAGAs who want the government to expel immigrants and elevate white evangelical Christian men are facing off against the new DOGE MAGAs who disdain original MAGA culture and want the government to turn the tech billionaires loose from regulations and taxes to create their own global oligarchy.”
A photo showing snow piled halfway up a window. In the background you can see a utility van in front of a chalet, as well as snowflakes still falling.
A photo of our cat, Miss Nancy Spungen, lounging next to a small, white, artificial Christmas tree that has been knocked from a table onto the floor. Nancy is staring wide-eyed at the camera; the lights from the Christmas tree are illuminating her face. She is very cute and is guilty as hell.
This is a 3/4 selfie of my face, showing a bruise and a bit of swelling on my jaw. The bruise sits at the bottom of a deep dimple. I am not really smiling; I just have really deep dimples. You can see my green eye, my purple glasses frames, and my light-brown hair with magenta-purple highlights. I’m wearing a black blazer and a black shell with a floral design.
A photo of two equal wedges of idiazábal cheese, which is a semi-hard white cheese. Sitting below each wedge on the white cutting board is a round, red sticker from Cibon, a wine bar & market. Above the Cibon logo on each sticker is the name of the cheese, and below the logo is the price, in this case $4.93, because I did an excellent job cutting the bigger wedge perfectly in half.
A screen cap of my Apple Music Replay for 2024. My Top 5 Artists (out of 274) are: 1) Tame Impala - 156 minutes 2) alt-J - 147 minutes 3) Steely Dan - 115 minutes 4) Jungle - 90 minutes 5) Francis Cabrel - 46 minutes (LOL)
A photo of me and Woofie when he was a puppy. I am wearing purple glasses and have curly blonde hair, and I have a huge smile on my face that shows off my dimples, because Woofie had just pushed his snout up the side of my face and was resting his chin on my right cheek. Woofie is wearing a red knit turtleneck vest. I have a magenta scarf around my neck. Photo taken at The Lexington Writer’s Room in December 2022. To the right of the photo is an art print that reads “A little weird is good.”
Sid Vicious, a tabby cat with a white chest and green eyes, sitting on my lap blocking the book I was trying to read.
This is a screen cap from YouTube of the opening sequence of the early 1970s children’s show called “Villa Alegre.”
This a screen cap from WhatsApp. I (in green) asked “How’s it going?” My daughter (in white) replied, “I just ate a piece of toast with mold on it, am I gonna die?”
This is a selfie in which I am holding a white coffee mug with bold, black lettering. The mug says, “FUCK MITCH MCCONNELL.” My face is partially cut off, but I have a Mona Lisa smile and am wearing purple glasses. My brownish-purple hair is shoulder length, and I am wearing a peacock-blue bathrobe with a floral design on it. Behind me is a large window and a bookshelf.
Our tabby cat Sid Vicious and his floofy sister Nancy Spungen sitting on the back of our couch.