One Gal's Musings

These are the thoughts and observations of me — a woman of a certain age. (Oh, my, God, I'm 65!) I'm single. I'm successful enough (independent, self supporting). I live just outside Chicago, the best city in the world. I'm an aunt and a friend. I feel that voices like mine are rather underrepresented online or in print. So here I am. If my musings resonate with you, please visit my blog again sometime.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

And then there were three fewer

Remember that old Agatha Christie classic, And Then There Were None ? Here at work, we seem to be re-enacting it. Every time we meet in a ce...

Heads or Tails #20 -- Light

I am of German-Irish descent, and what's more, I am the palest one in my family. So when I saw the prompt "light," my mind imm...

Monday, February 15, 2010

No Joke

Thank you, Jon Stewart. For tonight, on The Daily Show , you played a clip of President Obama at a townhall meeting in New Hampshire, fieldi...

Happy President's Day

This is the real John F. Kennedy. Just in case you need to be reminded. For Hollywood has found the Kennedy story irresistible, and The Inte...

Movie Monday

This week's movie topic is all about Winter... Share your selections that feature snow and freezing cold and link back here at The Bum...

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Domesticity makes me sick

No, wait, that's backwards. Sickness makes me domestic. I started feeling better at about noon. Ran some errands and being out in the su...

I made egg salad!

Yes, the least domestic blogger ever made herself a meal! The highlight was hardboiling the eggs in the microwave. No explosions. Here's...

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Sunday Stealing

Sunday, February 14, 2010 The Clown's Meme 1 1. How old will you be in five years? 57. And it hurts to say, thank you...

Busy doing nothing

Let's see now ... I had a sit down with my accountant, during which I handed off that big gray envelope of 2009 tax documentation. Then ...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: It's a Beautiful Morning 1. Are you a morning person? When I'm by myself, I can be very productive. I just don't fee...

Friday, February 12, 2010

I love this "staunch character"

I'm finally watching the original, restored documentary, Grey Gardens . Spending time with Big and especially Little Edie Beale, I appre...

Oh, not again!

I'm feeling a bit achy again, and that's how my bout of whatever the hell it was began last month. Please, please, please! I don...

Thursday, February 11, 2010

This one's for you, Bill

I had a good workout today and treated myself to a Quarter Pounder with Cheese for lunch. Which wouldn't have been a bad thing by itself...

Look after him, God

Former President Bill Clinton Hospitalized in New York City In spite of everything (and I know there's been a lot), I still love the Big...

Sir Paul at the Friendly Confines?

Paul McCartney may play two shows at Wrigley Field in September. So says the buzz around town today. The only tangible that's more depe...

The same, but different

It's the same morning commute. The train travels down the same tracks, past the same landmarks to the same station stop. My destination ...

The Secret Service will be so pleased

Behold my new Hanes Full Figure Sport Bra. It looks very different on me, and not just because I'm not blonde. On me, it looks as though...

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I Want Wednesday

This week's question is: What type of charity do you want to run? I would love to care for stray and feral cats. On winter days like thi...

Another year, another spa

I have booked my spring spa getaway. In previous years I have traveled to Chateau Elan in Atlanta, and I enjoyed it completely. But this ye...

But I sooooooo want this!

I made a 2010 resolution not to buy any more books. It made sense at the time, since I have a knee-high TBR pile. (That's literal, not a...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

American Idol -- Hollywood Week

My first sit down with American Idol and I'm so loving it. It's the first year without Paula, and a guy named Andrew just did "...

Heads or Tails #24 -- Chains

H E A D S - "Chain" This week's prompt has me time travelling back to 1967, and two of the favorite things in my 9-year-old l...

The Queen's Meme

The Circus Meme 1 Look at the flying trapeze artists. What are they saying? "So what if Aunt Edith made me executrix of her will? Do w...

Monday, February 08, 2010

Ooooh! I haven't seen this movie since I was a girl!

Julia , starring Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave and Jason Robards, was a huge deal to me when it first came out in the 1970s. I happened to...

Emergency provisions are called for

A winter storm warning kicks into effect tonight and will last until Wednesday morning. By that time, we could have up to 14" of snow. ...

Movie Monday

This week's movie topic is all about Bugs... Movies that feature insects. Share on your blog others instances of those crawly critters a...

Sunday, February 07, 2010

Buy this book

I did . The author, Sarah Levy, is more than ambitious and successful. She's also completely adorable and has a very generous spirit. I ...

With apologies to A Flock of Seagulls

"And I swam. I swam so far away ..." I had the entire pool to myself this evening! Most of the healthclub members were watching th...

The week in Beatle history

The Lads invaded America 46 years ago this week. While I am older now, and therefore no longer compelled to scream, cry or wet my pants at t...

Saturday, February 06, 2010

I don't get it

Without belaboring the point, just let me say that my erstwhile best friend's wife is threatened enough by our relationship that she has...

"Lucy, you get out of there right now!"

Lucy's locked in the freezer again. There's an I Love Lucy marathon on the Hallmark Channel and I may not breathe fresh air for the...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: I Started a Joke 1. Tell us a joke that you think is funny. If you don't tell jokes tell us why. I've heard many version...

Friday, February 05, 2010

Culture Vulture Post

Yes, I went to see the revival of a Pulitzer Prize winning play that got it's start right here in Chicago. Very literary, very deep, ver...

I feel a little like Pepe le Pew

Or any of the Warner Bros. cartoon characters. Because this afternoon my heart has been beating so hard I swear you can see it thumping thro...

Thursday, February 04, 2010

When did we all get so freaking sensitive?

Scott Lee Cohen, the freshly-minted Democratic nominee for Illinois Lt. Governor , is refusing to step down. He doesn't feel that the 20...

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