Archive - Tiny Simple Pleasures

Introverted, or allergic to verbal ping pong?

Help, the unwritten rules of social conduct are weird

Jun 24 •

May 2025

April 2025

Old friends, garlic breath, and going pantless

Sure, I care what people think. But not enough that I'll shrink myself.

Apr 17 •

March 2025

As a perfectionist dickfuck who's trying to change the world, my goal for 2025 is to be more half-arsed about everything.

Mar 11 •

February 2025

Human/Parents Interview: Denise Mills and Parental Estrangement

For its series debut, Human/Mother welcomes the Substack author of Tiny Simple Pleasures!

Published on Human/Mother • Feb 22

The Blessing, By Gregory Orr

From my list of old books that deserve new readers

Feb 18 •

The oddly happy memory of two rebellious wiggly snakes

Feb 5 •

January 2025

I refuse to be afraid of a ripe banana

How online health hacks exacerbated my disordered eating

Jan 31 •

Forget weight loss, I’ll take brain health instead

Exercise was something I did to change the appearance of my body, to hit that magic number on the scales. It was certainly never about my brain.

Jan 22 •

Stalking My Mother's Gnome

The gnome was her gravestone; visions of it flashed through my mind, blades of grass growing between its shattered pieces

Jan 15 •

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