# LAUGHING MATTERS

LAUGHING MATTERS is for people who find that laughing matters...even when it's no laughing matter. Join me in finding humor in navigating midlife, music, memoir, and moving to France for a year. Spoiler alert: we moved back!

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## [Memoir: “You Don’t Know How To Handle Me” - My Narc](https://lisastlou.substack.com/p/memoir-you-dont-know-how-to-handle)

_2026-08-07 · Lisa St. Lou_

Sometimes "handlers" get their faces ripped off.

## [The Snapping Turtle- A Lyrical Poem, Or Metaphor For My Ex-Narcissist](https://lisastlou.substack.com/p/the-snapping-turtle-a-lyrical-poem)

_2026-08-06 · Lisa St. Lou_

Responding to a rage-baiting text with art instead of venom.

## [Ikea, My First Panic Attack, & A Bad Boyfriend](https://lisastlou.substack.com/p/ikea-my-first-panic-attack-and-a)

_2026-07-25 · Lisa St. Lou_

AKA “Port Jeff” Jeff.

## [I Have Plans For You Tomorrow...](https://lisastlou.substack.com/p/i-have-plans-for-you-tomorrow)

_2026-07-17 · Lisa St. Lou_

...and an offer you can't refuse!

## [Cock-A-Doodle-Dead.](https://lisastlou.substack.com/p/cock-a-doodle-dead)

_2026-07-13 · Lisa St. Lou_

They say you shouldn’t name your chickens, and now I know why.

## [America Turns 250, A Larry David Let-Down, & Give Me Air Conditioning, Or Give Me Death…Literally](https://lisastlou.substack.com/p/america-turns-250-a-larry-david-let)

_2026-07-03 · Lisa St. Lou_

And how French pride is actually killing the French.

## [The Father, The Son, And the Holy Throuple](https://lisastlou.substack.com/p/the-father-the-son-and-the-holy-throuple)

_2026-06-21 · Lisa St. Lou_

Revelations on (really) old diary entries and a dream that changed the course of my relationship. Also, Happy Father’s Day!

## [A Substack Exclusive Conversation With "The King of Perimenopause," Comedian Matt Hyams!](https://lisastlou.substack.com/p/a-substack-exclusive-conversation)

_2026-06-12 · Lisa St. Lou_

We get into ALL of the unspeakable truths behind living with someone, and being someone, who is full-on "Peri"!

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201643023/094a6872ad233461ced8d3a25ad15aa8.mp3)

## [Five Things Friday (on Saturday): Escape From NY To CT By Way Of France](https://lisastlou.substack.com/p/five-things-friday-on-saturday-escape)

_2026-06-06 · Lisa St. Lou_

America: There's no place like "home." Ammi right?!

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_2026-06-06 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Excuses, Excuses, Excuses…](https://lisastlou.substack.com/p/excuses-excuses-excuses)

_2026-05-27 · Lisa St. Lou_

…and The War of Art