Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton

How to Fail Before You've Even Tried

The self-sabotaging part of my "creative process" that I need to abandon.

Jun 26 • Sari Botton

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3 Keepers & a Regret: Sari Botton

Leaving New York, keeping everything. The things we hold onto, even when we know better. Sari Botton on Retail Therapy on Substack by Rani Monson.

Published on Retail Therapy on Substack • Jun 10

May 2026

Summer music: Hudson Valley

Bonus post: a summer concert guide + love letter to, quite possibly, the most vital live music region in America. (Co-published w/ The Kingstonian)

Published on Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music • May 22

From the Desk of Larry Cotton

How to pronounce my damn name.

May 14 • Sari Botton

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April 2026

That Time We Had to Rent Out Our House...

...because the price of oil spiked and we couldn't afford to heat the place. It could happen to you. Or to us again.

Apr 13 • Sari Botton

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March 2026

The Waiting Is the Hardest Part

Believing that "'No' just means 'not right now'" has served me well.

Mar 28 • Sari Botton

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Hello Adrenaline My Friend

Or, how I overcame a nasty case of the WHO THE HELL DO I THINK I AMs (plus laryngitis) just in time to perform onstage last week.

Mar 9 • Sari Botton

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February 2026

Confessions of a Terminal "Divorce Kid"

I've been grieving the death of my family of origin for, oh, 50 years now.

Feb 16 • Sari Botton

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January 2026

Another Paradigm shift??

I still haven't recovered from the last one. Life under rule by a tireless chaos agent.

Jan 25 • Sari Botton

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How I Come By My (Intermittent) Chutzpah

Lately, some of it's borrowed.

Jan 10 • Sari Botton

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December 2025

🎼 If I, If I Had a Million, Million Dollars, Tell You What I'd Do 🎶

Perhaps I should check the 21 lottery tickets tacked to my fridge, purchased between 2022 and last month. (For one thing, maybe I could become my own…

Dec 14, 2025 • Sari Botton

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November 2025

Start Making Sense

So much inanity in just seven days.

Nov 22, 2025 • Sari Botton

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