Hello and welcome, I’m Renée Valentina and this is Musing Interruptus. A podcast meant for sharing thoughts, stories, enjoying idiomatic phrases and words in general. You can read along; the transcription is in the description of this episode. The idiomatic expressions are in italics. Try to get the meaning from the context and then look them up to see if you were right. If you like it, share it, but more importantly, continue the conversation. Today, Now That’s Dark!

I am willing to bet that most everyone has dark thoughts out of fear or sheer joy. Dark thoughts make me nervous and laugh, especially when I say them out loud. Traveling with a black dress, stockings, and high heels in case somebody dies, just in case. Creating a box with important documents and instructions just before I go bunge ...