Lauren

Copywriter, baker of cookies, and rememberer of really unimportant facts

[Lauren @lillowen]

@MerriamWebster Leptospirosis 🦠

[Lauren @lillowen]

@ctrlaltcassie Yes! I have a whole set of places that recur in my dreams. Indoor and outdoor! There’s even a makeup store that never has the item I’m looking for, no matter what the item is. The whole system is so elaborate I have trouble remembering if something is real or not.

[Lauren @lillowen]

@danigirrrrl @StJamesNYC We’ve been to the candlelit mass while visiting friends of ours who attend and I love it so very, very much.

[Lauren @lillowen]

@RevDaniel Gay friends of ours attend St. James Episcopal Church. They have other gay friends in the congregation and I know at least one of the priests is queer. We’ve been while visiting them and LOVE it.

[Jess Bennett @JessBennettTas]

This morning I overheard a man come back to his dog after leaving it outside a cafe and ask 'how did you go mate, did you get any pats?!' I have not stopped smiling.

[Lauren @lillowen]

@whstancil @NoTheOtherJohn I have this dream at least once a month, and it has evolved to include a moment where Dream Me thinks, “Oh no, this is like that classic anxiety dream, only this time it’s REAL.”

[Lauren @lillowen]

@porridgebrain We call a particular spatula the “Dammit Trish” because a houseguest unloaded the dishwasher and put the spatula somewhere we couldn’t find it. For months every time I would make cookies & would move them to a cooling rack with an inferior spatula I would bellow “DAMMIT TRISH!”

[Lauren @lillowen]

@OldNavyCA I’ve emailed two different addresses (including your customer service address, which does not actually provide customer service) about my order from a month ago, which was missing half the items (I was still charged for all of them). I don’t want to call or chat.

[A SLICE OF HISTORY @asIiceofhistory]

1972. The banned "Dead Loop" of Olga Korbut.

[Lauren @lillowen]

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[Lauren @lillowen]

In between bouts of despairing about the state of the world and stress-eating Poptarts, I've been writing on Substack. Here's a link if you want to check it out:

https://t.co/1kBQK19wQY

[Lauren @lillowen]

@KiltedPadre

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Moo. He’s still getting the hang of things, just in general. 12/10 aren’t we all

[Kiavash Najafi @KiavashNajafi]

Outside Dr. @nilikm vaccine clinic I asked the kids waiting in line what they were gonna do after the pandemic, expecting outlandish ideas. Instead I heard “see my friends”, “have a sleepover”, “go to camp”…

Never forget the sacrifices our kids have made to keep us safe.

[Lauren @lillowen]

@porridgebrain I developed an itchy, full-body rash when pregnant. Being that itchy for weeks is a special torture. You have all of my sympathy! I never tried it (couldn’t find any in Canada) but a recommendation I saw a lot around the Internet was washing with pine tar soap.

[Esther Choo, MD MPH @choo_ek]

Feeling this.

[Lauren @lillowen]

@clhubes I had Food Network Canada on constantly during those first few months. My husband came home from work one Saturday and said, “But you don’t even LIKE this show???” It was the second time that day I had watched that EPISODE. Of a show I didn’t like.

[Lauren @lillowen]

@RevDaniel Our dog gets an upset tummy any time her routine changes or she’s under extra stress. Our vet recommended a probiotic powder on top of her food, and we find it works well. (Just in case this becomes a pattern with Chester.)

[Lauren @lillowen]

@tjklune I just finished Under the Whispering Door. It was beautiful. Thank you for writing it.

[Scafe says wear a gd mask @erinscafe]

I didn’t even know I needed this today. https://t.co/XT0zhNplu5