Self Care Days…

After being sick with the stomach flu all last week and then coming down with bronchitis, I decided to take today to get a few important health related things done (blood work, picking up a prescription for said bronchitis and also getting a flu shot while I was at it), but in between that medical …

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Funny or Die: Zack Morris is Trash

I spent most of the day catching up on the news and feeling really down about things, but by pure chance ran across this ridiculous Funny or Die series, and wanted to share it with all of you. It's been running for three seasons now, so I'm definitely late to the party, but boy did …

On Blogging and Boxes

First off, sorry I haven't written in awhile! I ended up coming down with the flu, which has apparently turned into bronchitis, so I've been feeling really run down and physically rotten over the last little while. That said, emotionally I'm in a much better place than I was in the last time I wrote. …

Doris Day, Dream a Little Dream of Me

Just a silly post for my cat, who obviously can't read and has no idea what the internet is, except that it is a place where her mom finds the music she loves and she can gaze lovingly at anyone from David Bowie to the Andrews Sisters as they are performing. As I said, I …

Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine

Patti Smith is keeping me company tonight, in case you couldn't tell from the title of this post... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPO0bTaWcFQ It's been a bad couple of weeks, which is why I haven't really been around. Most of the time I don't even know what to post anymore, because I'm still having trouble with a lot of …

Ladies’ Home Journal, July 1948

Yay! Another issue of Ladies' Home Journal! And I promise this week's post doesn't include another rant. 😉 This week's issue talks about a a "Homemaker Service" in Hartford Connecticut, "substituting for mothers"! It also includes a "complete-in-one-issue" novel by Elizabeth Cadell called Gay Pursuit ("The time comes when the thing a girl wants most …

Pretty Things: A Rufus Wainwright Tribute

This year is the twentieth anniversary of Rufus Wainwright's first (self-titled) album, and I just wanted to write a short and completely inadequate tribute to this incredibly talented musician who has helped me get through some really difficult times during those twenty years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIF6f3tFxBw I have been lucky enough to see him perform a number …

Coming Full Circle

The other day I was browsing through a thrift store a few blocks from my apartment, chatting on the phone with my older sister the whole time and joking that she (and my other sisters) were my "good luck charms" whenever I go thrift shopping. Sure enough I found a small hand full of books …

Ladies’ Home Journal, January 1960

I have to confess, even seeing the cover of this week's issue of Ladies' Home Journal stirs up some rotten feelings, because of two key things - the mention of Pat Boone, and just a little further down, "How to Lose 25 Pounds and Stay Thin." Why the strange feelings about the two? Well, many …

Reflection in the Aftermath

Warning: rambling, somewhat disconnected post ahead! On Friday my city was hit with a severe storm that included two tornadoes. Much of the city was left entirely without power for days - in fact, I only got my power back late last night. My older sister, who lives out of town, was giving me updates …