Archive - Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton

Let Me...? Entertain You...?

Why is it embarrassing to sing in public? On trying to find the nerve to do that at an Oldster event I'm conjuring. And where my curiosity would take me…

Mar 9 •

February 2025

What I Learned Recording My Audiobook

Plus a bunch of events where you can find me in the coming months.

Feb 16 •

January 2025

December 2024

November 2024

Whatever We Were to Each Other

Occasionally in this isolating world, the internet allows for a genuine connection with a kindred spirit. RIP Gabe Hudson.

Published on Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton • Nov 25, 2024

In the Midst of Hell, A Moving Act of Kindness

What a kind, generous publicist has done for me.

Nov 14, 2024 •

This Is a Test of the Emergency Broadcast System

Well, we're being TESTED for sure, but this is not a drill. This is do or die, and since I'd like to have some goddamned rights, I'm begging you to suck…

Published on Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton • Nov 5, 2024

October 2024

Can You Have Too Much Empathy?

Turns out my being "a radio receiver for everyone else's emotions" tracks with my mild autism diagnosis.

Oct 21, 2024 •

September 2024

August 2024

The 24 Words I Can’t Escape—Or Let Go Of

My much recirculated viral “tweet” from two years ago took on a different meaning after an Instagram user reposted it without proper credit.

Aug 30, 2024 •

How to Go on Vacation

More of a question than a how-to, actually.

Aug 21, 2024 •

Wearing My "Weirdness" On My Sleeve

And my ongoing internal debate as to whether it's "a condition" I need to do something about.

Aug 4, 2024 •

July 2024

June 2024

How to Find Out What You're Made Of

The upside to being pushed to the edge of my limits.

Jun 15, 2024 •

May 2024

Everyone goes south every now and then.

May 24, 2024 •

On (Not) Keeping a Notebook...

...when that would be really useful for me.

May 3, 2024 •

April 2024

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