noticements
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Podcast
Archive
About
Emperor of the Sidewalk
I go on a lot of walks. Nearly every evening, I walk around the neighborhood. Adding up the miles over the years I’ve lived in DC, I could have walked…
Nov 26
•
Denise S. Robbins
2
Share this post
Emperor of the Sidewalk
deniserobbins.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
New
Top
Community
New(s)
There is a war raging in the basement of my apartment building. In the resident gym, there are four television screens. For a long time, they were…
Nov 5
•
Denise S. Robbins
2
Share this post
New(s)
deniserobbins.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
(Not) looking at you (not) looking at me
I was eating a sandwich on a bench by the water when a sparrow approached. He flew down and landed three feet away. I don’t know if you’ve ever had a…
Oct 1
•
Denise S. Robbins
3
Share this post
(Not) looking at you (not) looking at me
deniserobbins.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
The wedding photos are ruined
(but not the ones that matter)
Sep 10
•
Denise S. Robbins
1
Share this post
The wedding photos are ruined
deniserobbins.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
HUMILITY!
I took a gondola for the gondola’s sake. If there’s a gondola, there must be a rider of the gondola. That was me, and two friends, with time to kill in…
Jul 16
•
Denise S. Robbins
1
Share this post
HUMILITY!
deniserobbins.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
2
Are we breaking or are we healing?
The morning after Canadian wildfires gave DC a code-red AQI, a small glob of blood came out of my nose. For the first time in my recollected life, I had…
Jul 2
•
Denise S. Robbins
2
Share this post
Are we breaking or are we healing?
deniserobbins.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Purple enough to make a doctor say “ew”
I love having a body. I think it’s fantastic. It can do all kinds of amazing things like stretch and dance and rub oil into skin. I try to remember my…
May 21
•
Denise S. Robbins
Share this post
Purple enough to make a doctor say “ew”
deniserobbins.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
I heard a Senator poop and he didn't wash his hands
I was on Capitol Hill to research my absurdist politics novel, and by research I mean, capturing vibes. I’m not writing about any particular real person…
May 7
•
Denise S. Robbins
1
Share this post
I heard a Senator poop and he didn't wash his hands
deniserobbins.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
See all
noticements
Welcome to noticements, where I write about moments worth noticing.
Subscribe
Recommendations
View all 6
sweater weather
Brandon
Volts
David Roberts
Story Club with George Saunders
George Saunders
The Elysian
Elle Griffin
Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse
Devin Kelly
noticements
Subscribe
About
Archive
Recommendations
Sitemap
Share this publication
noticements
deniserobbins.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
noticements
Welcome to noticements, where I write about moments worth noticing.
By Denise S. Robbins
· Launched 3 years ago
Subscribe
No thanks
By registering you agree to Substack's
Terms of Service
, our
Privacy Policy
, and our
Information Collection Notice
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts