Elevenses
by the Stuffed-to-the-Gills Musette So…the frenzy of Christmas (in the US) is done. Whew! Ours was very quiet, which was great. I have spent way too many years stressing myself into a spasm over the… Continue Reading
Blame, Badgers and Dumbasses
The Holly and the Ivy
By March This post is, eventually, about perfume. Also it’s the usual March meander. Consider yourselves warned. When you’re a kid, whatever your parents do probably seems normal. I was raised in the Lutheran church, mostly because my mother didn’t… Continue Reading
Rivertown Road
In my many, jumbled boxes of photos lie many, many photos of rivers. Most of them are bends. I have always loved bends in rivers – even if you pass that bend several times a day, if you allow… Continue Reading
Shake it shake it, Salome
Salome, I always wondered how it must’ve felt to have someone (a king!) lust after you so hard that they would do anything you ask, if only you would dance the dance of The Seven Veils….and you, humiliated and vengeful… Continue Reading
One of these Things Is Not..
by Musette the Embarrassed American Midwest, circa 1962: we had Hershey’s Chocolate Bars. Life was good. Then came M&M Wafer Bars (the precursor to Kit Kat)…and for a brief period of time, Hostess Fingers (I swear that’s the… Continue Reading
New Goutal Thingie
First, winners from last week of the Caron L’Accord 119 – mary and cheesegan. Click on the Contact Us over there on the left, give me your address and remind me what you’ve won, and I’ll get it mailed out… Continue Reading
hi/low hohoHO!
March is knee-deep in family stuff (all garden-variety, no Drama – but you know how those days go)…so it’s meeeee! your sweetpatootieMusette, back for another day! Hey! Whereyagoin? GET BACK HERE! It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The… Continue Reading