Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Exploding bodices and face plants: the perils of the Edwardian corset

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From what I know of Victorian versus Edwardian dress and corsetry, there was a radical change around the turn of the century. You ca...

Make our Garden Grow (my anthem for the lockdown)

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You've been a fool and so have I But come and be my wife And let us try before we die To make some sense of life We're neith...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

5 Cereal Gadgets that Actually Work!

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Testing YouTube's "new" format. I may never get the hang of this! But at least now I can post more than thumbnails.
Friday, June 5, 2020

Favorite images from The Movies

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Dolores del Rio Garbo and Gilbert   Mae Marsh Gloria ...
Thursday, June 4, 2020

OUT FOR BLOOD: why my arms are black and blue

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I won't preface this very much, because I am exhausted, stressed, and must go through all this again tomorrow. So because it's ...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Where peaceful waters flow

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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Bee Attitudes: in praise of the Honeymakers

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"God is dead". . . and so is Blogger?

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One of the stranger gifs I've ever found (provenance unknown). So now I get an alarming message from Blogger, which I was afraid...
Thursday, May 28, 2020

What's on the bottom of a cardboard box?

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THIS.
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg dies

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via GIPHY
Saturday, May 23, 2020

Northern shovellers: what's that under the water?

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I am more grateful than ever for my connection to nature during this brutal, endless time of confusion and constriction. These banana-no...
Friday, May 22, 2020

Internet ambush: the poison pill

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(This started off life as a journal entry, but as it evolved I realized this is something I really need to post. It deals with a subtle...