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.

Saturday, December 19, 2020

Sunday Stealing

For Those Who Celebrate Christmas What’s your favorite thing about the holidays? The prevailing feeling of goodwill. Do you send out C...

We're friends again

Yesterday, I had brownie crisps. The first chocolate I've had all month! Nothing bad happened as a result. Welcome back to my daily diet...

Friday, December 18, 2020

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Happy Holidays! (from the archives) 1. Sam loved giving her annual wish list to Santa. Yet some children are reluctant to cli...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

I said I was sorry

I was short and snappish with my art director today. I am not proud of this. She is battling breast cancer and spent the day in the hospital...

Friday, December 11, 2020

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Santa Baby (1987) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here . 1) In this song, Madonna refer...

Happier today

My oldest friend and I had a lovely conversation today. It's her birthday and even though she's sick , she was in very good spirits...

Thursday, December 10, 2020

"Now I have it"

That was yesterday's news from my oldest friend. She's in the hills north of Los Angeles, so obviously we weren't exposed by the...

Tuesday, December 08, 2020

The Celluloid Road Trip Blogathon takes us to Springfield

Learn More Illinois can lay claim to four Presidents. Ulysses S. Grant lived in Galena before the Civil War and after his Presidency. Ronald...

I've read the comments!

In some ways, I think people who read my blog know me better than those I meet in real life. So it made me so happy to see the warm and th...

Monday, December 07, 2020

Guess what

I have the coronavirus. I woke up Monday morning (11/30) feeling fine, but with no taste or smell. I called my doctor, who got me in to the ...

Tuesday, December 01, 2020

WWW.WEDNESDAY

WWW. WEDNESDAY asks three questions to prompt you to speak bookishly. To participate, and to see how other book lovers responded, click he...

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Sunday Stealing

WEIGHT 1. My biggest barrier to weight loss is... motivation. I don't like being fat, but I don't care enough to do anything abou...

Just when I was starting to feel warmly toward Fred and Gladys ...

Reel/Real I just binged on Season 4 of The Crown . Because it's the Diana Season, it's my favorite thus far. Considering how well I...

Friday, November 27, 2020

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Black (2016) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here . 1) This song was chosen because yesterday was Black Fri...

Thursday, November 26, 2020

Color Me Happy

I'm thankful that TCM is giving me a night-into-day Hitchcock marathon! It begins with Rear Window , which is one of his more accessible...

My Thanksgiving Wish

My friends, John and Gregory, and I traditionally spend "Orphans' Thanksgiving" or "Friendsgiving" together. But Gre...

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

I'm So Hurt

My birthday last Sunday was a massive nothingburger, and it hurt me deeply. I did receive three gifts -- thoughtful ones, coincidentally al...

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Where's Darius?

I'm worried about Darius, the lifer at Western Illinois Correctional Facility that I correspond with through my church's penpal prog...

WWW.WEDNESDAY

WWW. WEDNESDAY asks three questions to prompt you to speak bookishly. To participate, and to see how other book lovers responded, click ...

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Nine wonderful years have come to an end

The Cubs and team president/boy genius Theo Epstein have parted company. I was shocked at the news, but have gradually accepted what I can...

Saturday, November 21, 2020

Fascinating and heartening

Rent it here Being a nerd, I spent my Friday night watching a documentary about the 1960 Wisconsin Primary. As a film, I appreciated it. The...

Friday, November 20, 2020

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Walking on Broken Glass (1992) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here . 1) Annie sings that she feels she'...

View web version

About Me

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

View my complete profile

Powered by Blogger.