Your Ghost Is Right - Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar

Hello friends, One year ago today I decided to start writing the Dear Sugar column again and now here I am, pondering which letter I should answer for the October Dear Sugar Letter, my twelfth in this new iteration of the column. As usual, it’ll be emailed to those of you who’ve subscribed (thank you!) on the last day of the month. This month, that day is Halloween.

Ring Sugar’s bell at your peril. Hello friends, One year ago today I decided to start writing the Dear Sugar column again and now here I am, pondering which letter I should answer for the October Dear Sugar Letter, my twelfth in this new iteration of the column. As usual, it’ll be emailed to those of you who’ve subscribed (thank you!) on the last day of the month. This month, that day is Halloween. I’ve never been good at Halloween. My attempts at dressing in costumes—in the years that I’ve felt compelled to dress in a costume as an adult—are lame and half-hearted. I’ve dressed in all…

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