A group text leads yr intrepid hosts to rediscover some un-remembered foundational experiences with books from childhood (for Anna: LGBTQ family life in a magical-realism Los Angeles, plus queer-coded young adult novels of the 90s; for Mara: folkloric animalistic girlhood and female martyrdom in Maine. Do take care at the discussion of necropants.) How does memory work (an unscientific exploration, we are obviously not neuroscientists!), does it matter, are we in a nostalgia trap? Also: songs for the moment; Mara cries about owls. Music: On Top of It by Blue Dot Sessions