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.

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Settling in for my third cyber meeting of the day

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This morning, my art director and I got together with the account team via Zoom to discuss our latest client project. It's going well....
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I worry

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This morning we had a violent spring storm. Thunder and lightening. Driving rain. My cat Connie was so scared it was pathetic. She was fro...

When our President truly "had the best words"

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When President Kennedy spoke those words at American University in June, 1963, he was concerned about nuclear war and the Soviet Union. ...
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May Music Meme -- Day 14

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A song you'd love to be played at your wedding. Since the King had more than once factored into our courtship, I always thought this wou...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

No one remembers this!

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So far this week -- and I believe it's Wednesday* -- I've had to remind three people to use my landline. My coworker was upset that...
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When did we all get old?

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My aunt is having surgery today. She has a heel spur that has been bedeviling her for almost a year now and, after a Covid-related resched...

May Music Meme -- Day 13

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A song you like from the 70s. Still one of my favorite lyrics: "Hold me in your hands like a bunch of flowers. Set me moving to your sw...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 12

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A song from your pre-teen years. My first concert! My oldest friend and I still talk and laugh about it. (Play along! Click here for prompt...
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Monday, May 11, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 11

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A song you never get tired of. (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Sunday, May 10, 2020

Yeah, I cried. So what?

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There's a documentary about Natalie Wood on HBO that takes her from her birth to immigrant Russian parents to her death in Catalina. P...
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In honor of the day

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I love this handwritten note from Evelyn Lincoln to her boss. If you're lucky enough to still have your mom in your life, make like...
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Sunday Stealing

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BLACK FEATHERS 1. Do you prefer writing with black or blue pen? Blue. Although it's not really a preference . It's just that I hav...
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May Music Meme -- Day 10

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A song that makes you sad.  I dearly wish it had worked out. (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Saturday, May 09, 2020

Water seeks its own level

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I'm so glad I live in this community! It was sunny, clear and cold for this time of year (45ยบ). I had to pick up prescription cat food ...
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Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: I'll Always Love My Mama (1973) 1) This week's featured artists, The Intruders, sing that they don't know how t...
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It can hit anyone. Even Gregory.

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Friday I heard about Gregory. He's tall, slender and handsome. And sophisticated -- Gregory knows which wine to order and can explain t...
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May Music Meme -- Day 9

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A song that makes you happy. (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Friday, May 08, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 8

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A song about drugs or alcohol. Give the piano player a drink because he's bringing me down. (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Thursday, May 07, 2020

Working from home, spring 2020

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From the New Yorker

May Music Meme -- Day 7

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A song to drive to. OK, this one is tough because I don't drive. But I do recall one night, after a birthday dinner, when my friend Bar...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2020

I miss the pear salad!

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Stumbled on this photo in The Sun Times and it touched my heart. How well I know that corner! How often I made my way down Randolph, past ...

May Music Meme -- Day 6

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A song that makes you want to dance. Ba de ah!  (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Tuesday, May 05, 2020

I, Me, Mine

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The pandemic has not brought out the best in us, I'm afraid. I'm not just talking about selfish and silly live-free-or-die, fight-t...
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May Music Meme -- Day 5

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A song that needs to be played loud. I dearly love this one ... loud . (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Monday, May 04, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 4

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A song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget. We broke up briefly. This song was popular. We reconciled, and I wasted an addi...
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Sunday, May 03, 2020

When every choice is of consequence

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I've now received four letters in all from Darius, the lifer at Western Illinois Correctional Center that I correspond with through my...
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May Music Meme -- Day 3

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A song that reminds you of summertime. Hearing everyone's favorite Cubbie blue monster singing the stretch fills my heart with sunshine...
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Sunday Stealing

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CONVERSATION STARTERS 1. What is your favorite song lyric? Why? "You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches on ahea...
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Saturday, May 02, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 2

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A song you like with a number in the title. This not only has two numbers in the title, it's perfect Beatle symmetry. One of the first...
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Friday, May 01, 2020

Saturday 9

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LITTLE THINGS     1) In this song, Bobby Goldsboro celebrates the "little things" that delight him, like seeing his girl smi...
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Nothing but good news

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Wednesday night, Chicago's athletes participated in a telethon to benefit those feeling the negative effect of the corona virus crisis. ...
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Those who pay the dearest price

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I am, naturally, appalled by the self-important whiners who act as though their civil rights have been severely impeded by a once-in-a-centu...
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May Music Meme -- Day 1

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A song you like with a color in the title. Aha! This song has two colors in the title! And I do adore it.  (Play along! Click here for pro...
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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Hello, Moto!

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Here's my brand spanking new phone, the Motorola Moto E6. It took me just under 3 hours to be up and running -- apps, contacts and all. ...
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Answer these musical questions

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Join Kwizgiver! Click here for prompts.
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