I Love Mycelial Musical Rabbit Holes

This post is for IndieWeb Carnival May 2026: Write a love letter Oh I need a letter, ooh I need a letter Oh I need a letter but not that kind I don’t need a letter to help me remember What is not, what was never mine Ooh I need a letter, oh I need a letter Oh I need a letter but not that kind Love letter is delightfully anachronistic. Who writes letters anymore? I do send cards. I sent one recently and the recipient’s first words to me the next time he saw me were, “You have really nice handwriting.” It was the best compliment I’ve received all month. Literally nobody has complimented me on my handwriting before. Jonah Matranga’s song from the early 2000s started playing in my head, but only the melody and the word “letter”. I knew in which universe it came from, but I couldn’t remember Jonah or onelinedrawing. But I remembered who introduced me to Jonah’s work: Keith Michaud. He used to cover a couple of Jonah’s songs back in the day. But I couldn’t remember that band or those songs…