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.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Trifecta

This week's challenge : Check out the third definition of observe ( below) , and use the word exactly as it appears, in no less than 3...

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing : The TV Show Meme Before reading the questions: Pick 5 TV Shows you like. They can be past or present. Hint: pick s...

Shopping in Ye Olde Colonial Williamsburg

Oh, I spent too much on stuff while vacationing! But the bills haven't arrived yet, so why let it bring me down? Instead, let's enjo...

Saturday, April 14, 2012

I learned something new ... or, perhaps, old

Behold the Colonial Williamsburg Printing Office and Post Office. Watching all the work that went into printing a newspaper back in the o...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Ain't Too Proud to Beg 1. What was the last thing that you begged for? For my cat Reynaldo to knock it off, to quit wit...

Friday, April 13, 2012

No good deed goes unpunished

I tried to get a little bit of incremental cardio in each day of my vacation. Two days I spent some time on the exercise cycle, but it occur...

My home away from home

I stayed in one of the rooms in the Chiswell-Bucktrout House. Upstairs, far right. It was charming! And much quieter than I thought i...

How cool is this?

The performers are doing the "Pyramus and Thisbe" thing from Midsummer's Night Dream on a very important spot in American ...

Trifecta

For this weekend's challenge , write a letter of apology in exactly 33 words. Addresses, salutations, closings, etc., do not count in t...

The part of vacation I don't like

My living room is an explosion of stuff -- a week's worth of newspapers,* laundry, souvenirs, suitcases ... I'd much rather download...

Monday, April 09, 2012

Must. Stop. Eating.

Arrived here in Williamsburg a little before noon, just in time to check in to my perfectly adorable little room, and then go to lunch. I ha...

Sunday, April 08, 2012

Her new young man

Met my niece's boyfriend! Jason is a townie, 26 or 27 to her 20, and an employee of the railroad. He's chatty, once you get him talk...

It's Easter!

Enjoy this moment of spiritual rebirth. No matter what has come before, let's concentrate on the possibilities that are in front of us...

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing : The OC 25 Meme 1. What is your origin of your first name? What about any nicknames? Since my name is The Gal Herself, ...

Saturday, April 07, 2012

When I can, how I can

My friend in Key West has fallen upon very hard times. After more than a decade as a professor, he was let go because of campus politics and...

I hope it's not happening again

When my oldest friend gets overwhelmed by her life -- which, admittedly, kinda sucks -- she hydraulically shuts down and stops returning cal...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: I Must Be Seeing Things 1. Have you ever watched something unfold, that as you watched, you could not believe what you've...

Friday, April 06, 2012

When the going gets tough, the tough go to the movies

I'm on vacation! Hurray! But I hate my kid sister and The Chocolate Covered Spider ! Boo! So, in an effort to get my mind off my trouble...

Trifecta

This week's challenge: Write a response between 33 and 333 words long and uses the words listed below. Use the words however you wish,...

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Thirteen Thirteen #166

THIRTEEN FACTS ABOUT WRIGLEY FIELD As Eddie Vedder sings in his Cub tribute song, “Someday We’ll Go All the Way:” When you’re born in ...

Happy Birthday to an Underappreciated Screen Queen

Yesterday was Doris Day's 88th birthday. I have always been a big fan of hers, and don't know why there aren't more of us. Not...

www.Wednesday

To play along , just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? I just picked u...

I Want Wednesday

I want today to be over. For it feels like tomorrow, the rest of my life begins. After all, Thursday is Opening Day! I'm always happie...

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The Gal Herself: Quote from Edward Gorey: Books. Cats. Life Is Good. (That really sums me up pretty neatly.)

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