Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Alone

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Well, it’s been a minute. Every now and then I have to take a break and that was one. When I’m breaking, I generally binge watch a TV show; this time, it was History Channel’s ALONE.

I love me some survival porn, and this show delivers. Nothing feels more empowering than sitting in your recliner in a warm house, drinking beer and eating pizza, watching somebody struggling to survive in the wilderness with a knife and a tarp, and saying, “Move your snare, dumbass!”

How long could I survive on ALONE? Well, I could definitely do the solitude. That would be a fucking treat. Other than that, they could probably figure on coming back for me as soon as they’d dropped everybody else off.

In my head, though, I would ace it. Roland would have to hand over his crown. IRL, not so much.

My nails this week are in honor of the show.

mushrooms, fish, moose, rabbit

The sky is out of focus, my hands are dry, and I haven’t finished cleaning up the stray polish. Come at me, bro.

A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: To where do you escape in your head when the outside of your head gets too loud?

MA

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I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but now live in the woods in southern Indiana. Though I only write fiction, I love to read non-fiction. The more I learn about this world, the more fantastic I see it is.

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One thought on “Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Alone

  1. Daniel Antion

    February 24, 2026 at 1:36pm

    I tell myself I could survive for a while. I just don’t bother to ask myself to be more specific. Cool nails, they have a survivor vibe going.

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      Marian Allen

      February 24, 2026 at 1:49pm

      Each participant is allowed to take 10 items from a list of 55, and I’m afraid at least half of mine would be food: rice, pemmican, salt, flour, GORP.

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