Archive - Body of Work: Belle de Jour

I knew this day would come.

Dec 3, 2024

June 2024

The End of Culture

In late 2000, some time after becoming a blogger but also some time before starting the blog that I became known for, I went on a date with a friend of…

Jun 27, 2024

September 2023

Cheeseburgers In Paradise

My husband had never heard of Jimmy Buffett until we'd been married for about five years.

Sep 3, 2023

May 2023

The Unbearable Weight of Life After Fame

This morning I saw it was announced that Heather Armstrong, an early blogger formerly known as Dooce, had died.

May 10, 2023

November 2022

Bonne Anniversaire

Most of the people in my life are already aware that I am spectacularly bad at remembering special dates.

Nov 10, 2022

June 2022

Scenes from an abortion

Yes, this is exactly what you think it is

Jun 25, 2022

May 2022

Amber Heard and the Problem of Perfect Victims

TW: domestic abuse

May 20, 2022

November 2021

Monster in a Box

"I just accepted that as a part of my life, accepted that forever I would always be a little in the place that I was not.." Spalding Gray

Nov 17, 2021

July 2021

Some of my regulars, the couple with early dementia, have a crime fiction and thriller library of frankly mind-boggling size.

Jul 16, 2021

Tilting at Windmills

This is another part where I have to admit I’m bad at telling a chronological story.

Jul 2, 2021

June 2021

I live in the hills behind a former company town.

Jun 18, 2021

May 2021

I arrived at the address given to me by the cleaning app, guided there by Google Maps which signs me in on arrival.

May 28, 2021

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