Diary 💗 Car CDs: Joni Mitchell's For the Roses

Blasting Joni Mitchell on long drives around Washington D.C.

We’re in D.C. in the 90s

I’m six years old, sitting in the backseat of my family’s beloved white Nissan I’d affectionately named “Genius.” I’m putting on LipSmackers and waiting for my mood ring to tell me if I’m happy, calm, or uncertain. I’d just gotten my ears pierced at Claire’s in the mall.

I can see the side of my mom’s blonde head bopping as she …