In the Sandbox #25

Enough Stargazing...let's do some Daytalking

So, tomorrow, Nov. 27, 2022, is…my birthday.

Those of you within traveling distance of Minneapolis/St. Paul are cordially invited to join me and a smattering of friends for a Birthday Brunch (not fancy at all) at:

Bark and the Bite, 2186 Marshall Avenue, St. Paul, MN, right down by the ol’ Mississippi River (click this link for menu and directions). 11:00am to whenever. Come see me in my natural habitat—BRUNCH! I’ve been meaning to try their Bloody Mary, but I know they make a mean Negroni—and the BBQ (Memphis style) is nothing to sneeze at! This will be a super informal get-together, so please stop by. We can also do some Daytalking IRL. Wow. Just like old times.

Good new things are in the works as we close out 2022! I’m sort of excited.

Photo by Al Milgrom of yours truly in June 2008 reading from James Joyce’s Ulysses at the annual Bloomsday celebration, with a letter from former St. Paul Poet Laureate Carol Connolly, both of whom have now since died (photo by StoryShed Media).

Hoping to shift this Substack into higher gear in 2023, and talks are in the works for new work and maybe some travel. And writing by fountain pen once again. And yet more writing! Hooray!

For this week’s “In the Sandbox” (our weekend community confab around each aspect of Daytalking, Nightwalking, and Stargazing, where we workshop a bit and share ideas with each other), let’s have some fun for a change, along with forthcoming holidays, birthdays, and thinking about Daytalking and its benefits.

Daytalking is relational—but it doesn’t necessarily involve talk! However it nearly always involves play, which I’m a big fan of.

A couple years ago an old friend and I noodled new cocktail names for drinks we were experimenting with—kudos goes to his being the winner—the “Thigh Bruise” (ouch)—which I think had Blue Curacao in it and maybe some dry gin. I forget.

So here’s your prompt for this Sandbox:

1. Noodle a two-word nonsense name for a cocktail—if you’re feeling particularly noodly, make it a triple worder.

2. Based on your cocktail name, the rest of us have to figure out what’s in it. (This is the interactive part.)

Have fun!

See you tomorrow at BATB or in the comments below! Best, MM