Someday We Oughta Write This Stuff Down: Two Friends Share Amusing Slices of Life

A transplant from the Bronx and a transplant from Chicago, both single moms, meet on the job in a Los Angeles textile design studio. Thus begins decades of friendship and laughter… From New York Times bestselling author Marjorie Sarnat (Creative Cats, Owls) and artist Marilyn Scher comes a warm, witty, and wonderfully offbeat collection of true stories they’ve finally written down—just as they always said they would. Someday We Oughta Write This Stuff Down is a joyful celebration of friendship: the kind built on shared creativity, whispered quips, questionable lunch choices, artistic misadventures, and the sort of emotional shorthand that only lifelong friends understand. Through dozens of humorous, touching, and delightfully quirky slices of life, Marjorie and Marilyn invite you to sit at their table, laugh with them, and recognize bits of your own story along the way. Whether they’re upending a women’s therapy group, inventing culinary “rules,” surviving the copier store, or creating textile designs with Styrofoam and chutzpah, these two prove that life is infinitely better—and a whole lot funnier—when shared with a kindred spirit. The illustrations in this book also include Marjorie’s charming Brush Off cartoons and decorative chapter breaks, making it a perfect gift for friends, artists, moms, humor-lovers, and anyone who believes in the healing power of laughter.

Inside This Book, You’ll Enjoy: Dozens of real-life stories told with warmth, wit, and a dash of mischief Brush Off cartoons and whimsical illustrations by Marjorie Sarnat that add humor and heart A behind-the-scenes look into life in a busy Los Angeles textile design studio Friendship at its funniest: from fish-stick scares to copy-shop catastrophes to a therapist who should have known better Creative mishaps and triumphs—including the day a child’s artwork outshone two seasoned pros Cultural nostalgia and relatable moments for anyone who has worked in the arts, raised kids, or just navigated life’s absurdities with a friend A celebration of humor as survival, especially for two single moms reinventing their lives in a new city A reminder that everyone has stories worth writing down… these two just finally did Perfect For Readers Who Love: Light memoirs filled with heart and humor Friendship stories spanning decades Creative-life escapades Art, design, and behind-the-scenes studio tales Cartoon-infused books with visual charm Real, warm, laugh-out-loud human moments