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, February 08, 2021

February Blog Challenge -- Day 8

Visit Kwizgiver for the prompts 8) I feel most tired when ... I am working hard but on something that doesn't grip me. I have a ne...

Sunday, February 07, 2021

Two very different women

Today is Super Bowl Sunday. It is also my Cousin Rose's birthday. She's not really a football fan, but now that she lives near Tampa...

A real-life Howard Beale

Howard Beale was the cinematic brainchild of Paddy Chayefsky, the Oscar winning screenwriter who who gave us Network in 1976. Chayefsky und...

February Blog Challenge -- Day 7

Visit Kwizgiver for the prompts 7) I feel most energized when ... I get out of the shower. There's just something about water th...

Saturday, February 06, 2021

Sunday Stealing

JANUARY, PART 2 1.Can you eat with chopsticks? Nope. I am seriously uncoordinated. 2.Could you tell real money from counterfeit? Well, I un...

Hero

Anthony Rizzo: Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2008 All-Star First Baseman: 2014-2016 Gold Glove First Baseman: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 World Serie...

February Blog Challenge -- Day 6

Visit Kwizgiver for the prompts 6) What is something you have always wanted to try but haven't yet? Cross-country skiing. I prefer...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Waiting for Tonight (1999) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here . 1) In this song, Jennifer Lopez anticipa...

Friday, February 05, 2021

February Blog Challenge -- Day 5

Visit Kwizgiver for the prompts 5) What is your favorite time of day? Now that I'm working from home during the pandemic, it's 5...

Thursday, February 04, 2021

February Blog Challenge -- Day 4

Visit Kwizgiver for the prompts 4) If you had a theme song, what would it be? You and I have memories longer than the road that stretche...

Wednesday, February 03, 2021

February Blog Challenge -- Day 3

Visit Kwizgiver for the prompts 3) What is a common misconception people have about you? What do you wish they knew? A common misconce...

Tuesday, February 02, 2021

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...

February Blog Challenge -- Day 2

Visit Kwizgiver for the prompts 2) What are you looking forward to this month? Feeling my new financial normal. I got a raise on Decem...

Monday, February 01, 2021

February Blog Challenge -- Day 1

Visit Kwizgiver for the prompts 1) What was the highlight of the last month? I'm eating better, or at least regularly. I nap less an...

Sunday, January 31, 2021

I'm gonna try

I appropriated this from Ms. Kwiz . It seems like a worthy way to impose a little discipline to my thoughts. If you want to join us, please...

"God, I love baseball!"

So said Roy Hobbs/Robert Redford in The Natural. So say I almost every day. Yes, it snowed last night. I know that some people are grumbli...

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Sunday Stealing

ANIMALS 1. What is your favorite animal and why? As a species, cats. Though there have been dogs who held a place in my heart, too. 2. ...

As the fellow once said, "Ain't that a kick in the head?"

Since November, I've been doing blog posts for my agency's new(er) client. A national chain of auto shops, they hired us to, among ...

Friday, January 29, 2021

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1973) Unfamiliar with this song? Hear it here . 1) Bette Midler sings that the bugle boy wakes...

I hope I'm wrong

I don't claim to have any supernatural intuition. (That's Snarkypants' purview!) But I have a very strong feeling about Warren, ...

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

WWW.WEDNESDAY

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

Monday, January 25, 2021

Did I just hear this?

I just heard my President take questions from the press -- including a reporter from Fox News, who is not exactly predisposed to agree with ...

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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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