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.

Friday, January 17, 2014

I'm just a product of my environment

The newspapers are filled with stories about Gov. Chris Christie and Bridgegate . It looks as though the Gov. may have closed the George Was...

Trying not to be annoyed

Saw the touring company of the musical Ghost with my friend Barb. Before the curtain we met for dinner at an upscale restaurant. She was ...

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

WWW.WEDNESDAY

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

I enjoyed the gun show

No, not that kind of gun show. I haven't lost my mind and gone all RWNJ on you. I'm talking about my trip to health club. I foun...

Teaser Tuesday

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Sui generis

Tonight I watched First Ladies: Influence & Image on C-Span. I've been DVR-ing this series religiously*, have learned a lot and...

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Look at the belt

This is Greg Maddux, pitching for the Cubs at age 40. He was in good shape for a 40 year old man: able to strike out major league batters...

"I didn't beat her. I hit her."

So says Billy Bigelow to his Heavenly adviser, describing his fights with Julie, in Carousel . Audiences in the mid-1950s knew his explana...

Sunday Stealing

The Fast Dozen Meme --> 1. What is the last book that you passed on to someone else to read? Then We Came t...

Saturday, January 11, 2014

I'll just read the damn thing

My friend in the Keys is writing a book. Historic fiction based on many of the legends of Key West. Months ago I read his manuscript and cor...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: That's My Kind of Night Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here . 1) In this song, our hero offers to take...

The impact of life in Chi-beria

"Chi-beria" is what people are calling home during this past week's historic cold snap. I hear the technical term for the sn...

Here's what I learned this week

A Thali is a necklace, given from groom to bride in Indian marriage ceremonies, and worn like a wedding ring. One of my coworkers, an amaz...

Thursday, January 09, 2014

Something to consider on these cold, cold days

Often when schools close, parents have to stay home, too, because they don't have a daycare alternative. Many of these parents don...

Wednesday, January 08, 2014

A Joyous Day in Wrigleyville

I love Greg Maddux. He is my all-time favorite Cub.Yes, even more than Ernie Banks or Ryne Sandberg. I was there that historic rainy nigh...

Who's a good boy?

Reynaldo! He let me sleep through the night for first time in 2014. No eating my hair or digging at my face, buried in the pillow. No stan...

WWW.WEDNESDAY

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Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Yum

Getty images, via USA Today I just saw coverage of Jay Carney's first news briefing of 2014. I think he was talking about Hamid Kar...

Teaser Tuesday

Here's how to play this meme . • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from ...

Monday, January 06, 2014

Hello, Gorgeous

Isn't this lovely? It's the view from the back windowpane, out onto the alley. Believe me, it's normally not a pretty view....

I don't recall this ever happening before

Today was called because of cold. I phoned the main switchboard and heard that the office would be closed today because of the extreme we...

Sunday, January 05, 2014

Sunday Stealing

The Generic Meme 1. What did you want to be when you were little? Either a wonderful singer or a teacher. (That's how I thought of it:...

Trying not to worry too much

Yesterday was the last day of Buy a Friend a Book Week (thanks for reminding me, Kwizgiver ) and I quickly sent off a book to my 13-year-...

Saturday, January 04, 2014

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Believe 1) In 1998, Cher became the oldest woman to top the Billboard Hot 100 with "Believe." She was 52 at ...

Is 2014 the Year of the Happy Friend?

My oldest friend moved to California three (or is it now four?) years ago and has had nothing but bad luck. Fired from three jobs. Her ol...

Friday, January 03, 2014

3 days

That's how long it's been snowing off and on. I don't know how much has fallen, but it's a lot. Yet it's not an epic s...

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