Captain's Log Day 16

Oh, hello again!

How are we all doing? What are your latest obsessions? How are we channeling our aggressions? It’s hard to sit inside being so sad, angry, and worried!!

And yet. Despite all our rage, we are still just rats in a cage!! Truly, by the end of this, Jack and I will be leaving quarantine as Big and Little Edie. If you haven’t seen it, now might absolutely NOT be the time, or maybe it is the perfect time, but Grey Gardens is everything. And it’s streaming on The Criterion Channel (thanks to a lovely Friend of the Pod for the login).

But really, I hope you all are settling in. Finding peace where you can. I’m a Virgo with a Cancer rising and an Aquarius moon so …. the stars fated me well for this. Being from the Midwest, I am also too used to long hours and days of being stuck inside.

And for your brief enjoyment, here’s a running list of iconic recluses. Please reply with your favorites.

• Boo Radley (style icon)

• Linton Heathcliff (we stan a physically and mentally weak charact…