Hi! Today we have a guest post from historian Heather R. Darsie. It’s about wool spinning wonder that is her friend Beth. Now, over to Heather! Beth is a self-described Bohemian housewife. She also works as a legal secretary and provides technological support to elderly students at the local university. Beth’s predominant passions are fiber… Read more Adventures in History: Wool spinning–by Heather R. Darsie
My daughters were, as always, super cute this year for Halloween. I am, however, reluctant to reveal their costumed glory on my public blog. Thus, I will have to make do with pictures of my dressed-up doggies. Behold! The little fella in the black/orange stripes is our Peke-mix Marquis, and the little bugger would NOT… Read more All the Cute on All Hallow’s Eve
My oldest daughter’s girl scout troop was tasked with making a diorama to remember a loved one on the upcoming Day of the Dead. To her father’s amazement and joy, Buttercup chose to honor his great-aunt Dot, who was the only “grandmother” he had as a youngster. My husband’s mother, Peggy, lost her own mother… Read more In Praise of Aunt Dot
I have a dentist appointment today. It’s just for a routine cleaning, but I suspect it will become more involved once they see the chip in my lower molar. The tooth is healthy, no cavities or anything, but my pernicious habit of grinding my teeth in my sleep is apparently causing some of them to… Read more Tooth? You Can’t Handle the Tooth.
I don’t consider myself to be unreasonable, but shouldn’t you READ a book before you review it … especially if you are going to give it a snark-filled, snide, condescending one-star review? This is on my mind, since I recently received a vicious one star review of The Jezebel Effect based on the pseudo-reader’s ire… Read more The One Star Angst
On this day in 1537 Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, gave birth (not by cesarean section) to a little boy who would briefly rule England as Edward VI. He became the boy-king at the age of nine when his father passed away in January of 1547, and after some squabbling for power Edward’s… Read more Edward VI
Donald Trump is a liar and a hypocrite. He rants about American jobs being outsourced, yet his products are manufactured in China. He calls himself a self-made man, but he inherited more than $200 million. Worst of all, he spouts baloney about immigration when he is the grandson and son of immigrants and has married… Read more Trump SHOULD Know About Immigrants
As part of another skirmish in the war on women, some Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs) have formed a movement dedicated to trying to bully women into remaining virgins lest they never, ever marry. These MRAs are on various forms of social media demanding that all men band together and declare that if a woman cannot… Read more Cherry Bomb
Have any of you seen the movie Fed Up? It’s on Netflix now and it is absolutely magnificent. “Fed Up is a 2014 American documentary film directed, written and produced by Stephanie Soechtig. The film focuses on the causes of obesity in the US, presenting evidence showing that the large quantities of sugar in processed… Read more Fed Up
Okay, I got a beautiful review for The Jezebel Effect by an English woman who uses the name Iset on Goodreads. I don’t know if she is secretly a friend of mine IRL and I was unaware that she went by the name Iset on Goodreads, but if she isn’t someone I already know then… Read more I Love Iset Because She Loves Me