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, April 05, 2016

Opening Day

This might be the year!

Seared on my soul

When I was 10 years old, I thought I was highly sophisticated. I wasn't, of course, I was in fifth grade. I had a 9:00 bedtime. I'd ...

Sunday, April 03, 2016

Sunday Stealing

Survey 212 Meme Is your birth year an odd or even number?: Odd Which one of your friends is the most outgoing?: Soraya. She is so open a...

Let's do the timewarp again!

I've become obsessed with black and white game shows. Specifically What's My Line, To Tell the Truth, and I've Got a Secret...

Saturday, April 02, 2016

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Fool on the Hill (1967) 1) Friday was April Fool's Day. Did you pull any pranks? Did anyone put anything over on you? ...

Well, I did have three desserts

My stomach has been doing so much better lately. But here it is, after 2:00 AM, and I feel like a big, indigestible roof shingle is sitting ...

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Happy

I can't stop thinking about my friend Barb . She has cancer. She has cancer. The enormity of it overwhelms me. I can't even begin t...

Farewell, Jen Lancaster

My home is overrun by books. I love them. But I plan to celebrate my new sofa by having my living room painted, so some of these books and m...

Sunday, March 27, 2016

"Yes" in the face of "no"

I went to church today for the first time in ages. I have a pretty consistent relationship with God and pray often in the form of an ong...

Sunday Stealing

Easter Meme Five Things I Have a Passion for: • American history. For example, I was tickled to discover this fellow. He is the e...

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: I Don't Know How to Love Him (1971) 1) This song is from Jesus Christ, Superstar . Though now a beloved classic, the play...

The Sound of Silence

Friday evening at about 7:00 I headed off to the washateria. I hate doing laundry under the best circumstances, hauling my clothes up the ...

Friday, March 25, 2016

He hurts

My nephew is in so much pain these days that on Monday night he contemplated suicide. Again. I don't know the details, but I am reliev...

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Disturbing

I had a nightmare the other night that has stayed with me. In the dream, I reunited with a former lover, a man I was crazy about back in t...

Reemergence

Just in time for Easter, I'm a bit like this bunny. It finally feels safe to peer out of the hole I was in and tentatively sniff the a...

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Sunday Stealing

The Currently Meme Currently, I am ... Reading The Chairman, the second volume of the Kaplan's Sinatra biography Writing a series...

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Of course, back then I had a cuter rack

Alas, no longer me It occurred to me today that I'm living the same life I had when I was 19. Only in those days, my bust was perkie...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Kiss from a Rose (1996) 1) This song is from the movie, Batman Forever . The m ovie Batman v. Superman will be out later t...

Paul McCartney sent me flowers!

Fred from the mail room sat down in our clown car to watch me tear the paper away, saying, "I MUST see who sent the Gal flowers!...

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Look! I'm smiling!

I feel the clouds slowly parting and smiling is a little easier. All because of our new Account Director, aka AD. So far, he's every...

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Uh-oh! You know what this means

Yes, I'm taking my mail at The Stoney End. This is the 16th time I've mentioned this song on my humble blog . Recorded definitiv...

Monday, March 14, 2016

I timed it

My boss got back from vacation today. He spent what he claimed was a relaxing week in Mexico. Yet it took him just over two hours to be al...

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Sunday Stealing

Healthy Meme When was the last time you got a nose bleed? I get minor ones all the time in winter and spring, when the air is dry. Do yo...

Good day/bad day

How to describe my Saturday? It was such a mixed bag! First of all, I early voted. For Hillary. Which felt better than I thought it would....

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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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