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liliales

cincinnati, ohio

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death week ruminations with a preponderance of the word "and"

This week I’ve found myself confused and unnerved by the liberal tongue bathing given to the corpse of John McCain. I certainly do understand thinking about how to speak well of the dead, and apparently there were plenty of good things for his actual friends and colleagues to say. And... Continue reading

Posted Aug 29, 2018 at antiquated notions

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Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur

Ad nauseum The thing I didn't count on was how many people believe stuff that is objectively false as well as illogical. I mean, I know people aren't logical, and they lead with their hearts, and make grand assumptions based on tiny bits of unverified information or hearsay. It’s a... Continue reading

Posted Jul 19, 2018 at antiquated notions

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Hey, hey, they got away

Driving back from dropping the young man at his job at 4 am, which was supposed to not be a thing anymore as a condition of his return to that place, the rock stations grow dreary, I switch to classic rock and hear “Take the Money and Run,” which I’ve... Continue reading

Posted Jun 15, 2018 at antiquated notions

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Still "fertile" after all these years

Unlike those women in 70s and 80s TV dramas who were crushed when they learned they were entering their crone years, I’m growing impatient to get there. My daughter says it’s taking awhile because I’m ridiculously fertile and Nature won’t let go of such a prize, but you know, I... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2018 at antiquated notions

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I'm gonna vent here a little bit and maybe lose a "friend" or two.

Same people who were sure 15 years ago that everyone (except themselves) on the web was a raving psycho pedophile with a fake identity joined right up at Facebook shortly after that using their real name and town and school and place of employment and now they're mad because they... Continue reading

Posted Apr 5, 2018 at antiquated notions

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2017 Christmas/Wintry Music Mix

Each year I condense my twelve hours of Christmas/winter music into a playlist of two, for cooking time, etc. If I had to listen only to a few artists for Christmas, I’d choose Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Vince Guaraldi. Probably. But fortunately, that is not required. This... Continue reading

Posted Dec 12, 2017 at antiquated notions

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I dreamed about William Holden early this morning

And then forgot about it until I saw this tweet from James Hamblin I dreamed I was walking with a friend in a large park on a warm autumn afternoon, and we saw Bill Holden, who looked a bit worse for wear, but not bad, and I was saying to... Continue reading

Posted Dec 9, 2017 at antiquated notions

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A tasty fruitcake that is not appalling or anything

First, because this was last Tuesday, I needed one which wanted only a month to cure or less. I wanted one that was less cakey than the cakey ones, but not comprised entirely of fruit. And I wanted to use the combination I already had of organic dried fruit and... Continue reading

Posted Dec 4, 2017 at all my tubes and wires

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Perspective, ritual, and the "plus ça change" of life, baby, when it's cold outside

We're sort of holding our collective breath right now, aren't we? Before women were seen as independent souls who could live on their own, before reliable birth control for women, before shame-free access to it (you might not know this, but many doctors asked the woman if her husband gave... Continue reading

Posted Nov 29, 2017 at antiquated notions

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On that point, it's just occurred to me that I've written more about musical memories than most other topics, and I have a list from that era I want to cover. Maybe someday some offspring will appreciate the look back on it all.

Commented Nov 2, 2017 on It keeps me stable for days at antiquated notions

It keeps me stable for days

The song “Cars” by Gary Numan changed everything for me. At least, that’s how I tell it in my head, looking back over the years. Like everything stopped, looked up, and gasped, and then nothing was quite the same as before, and never would be again. The first time I... Continue reading

Posted Nov 2, 2017 at antiquated notions

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Living in Zenith

“Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.” Half an hour spent with “social media” this morning was enough to renew the simmering and dismissive rage of three or four Sinclair Lewis novels, but... Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2017 at antiquated notions

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Craving Texture, or something

I’m struggling with something that feels like a silly struggle, but I need to resolve it. A brief history: for years I had a sewing machine I used only for repairs and to recover pillows, basically. I fought with the bobbin case and tension too much to do anything else.... Continue reading

Posted Sep 12, 2017 at all my tubes and wires

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To the Ends of the Sea

Resharing a post I wrote two years about "degrees of separation" to the big event we remember today. Because of the hurricanes. They are affecting very many people, but me, I'm in the tertiary class. Gas went up for a few days last week. MSNBC is broadcasting weather non-stop and... Continue reading

Posted Sep 11, 2017 at antiquated notions

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the politics of shopping

I’ve been feeling overloaded with media choices lately. I want to enjoy so many different things, I can’t choose between anything, and end up choosing nearly nothing. But that’s not very satisfying. Anyway, as now isn’t quite working out in terms of “time to deal with that,” I decided to... Continue reading

Posted Jul 19, 2017 at antiquated notions

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Lasagna: more of an art than a science

This isn’t quite a recipe, just some directions, for putting together lasagna. Basically, you have sauce, into which you might add ground beef or sausage. I always use sausage if I put any in at all. And you have your creamy cheese and your other cheese, and your noodles. But... Continue reading

Posted Jul 9, 2017 at all my tubes and wires

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Double wedding ring quilt re-re-revisited

My great-grandmother was making this for me when she died in 1968. At least, that is what my mother told me 15 or so years later. It was kept in an old box all that time, and after she gave it to me, I’d take it out and look at... Continue reading

Posted Jul 6, 2017 at all my tubes and wires

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Notes on a hundred things

The annual landlord visit came and went, rather painlessly. I always get super worked up about it, though, and then need a few days to decompress. The pool is still leaking, but we can call for that and have done whatever needs doing. I’m on Day…24 of this 28 day... Continue reading

Posted Jul 5, 2017 at antiquated notions

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Getting sidetracked by food irony. Plus pictures.

Q. I started this 31 day sugar detox two weeks ago. Right away I decided I’d do best if I made it four weeks, instead, but otherwise, I followed the plan in the book I got, strictly. I did the three day super detox, then began on week one. After... Continue reading

Posted Jun 25, 2017 at antiquated notions

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a strange calm day: birthday countdown sunshine

My 20 year-old son and I spent the morning preparing to open the pool, which we work hard to care for as though it's our own, though this place is a rental. But it has a terrible old porous cover, and if winter isn't super cold, it opens green, no... Continue reading

Posted Jun 3, 2017 at antiquated notions

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grocery luxuries for birthday week

499 words is all, I promise. I went to Jungle Jim’s today, and got four big full bags of groceries. And the thing is, I got a lot of things specifically for me to enjoy. For the past three months and more, I’ve been eating noodles and eggs, and two... Continue reading

Posted Jun 1, 2017 at antiquated notions

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Briefly, a birthday countdown post

Take Five Continue reading

Posted May 31, 2017 at antiquated notions

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Pure Blather: a birthday countdown post

I’m wearing the eye shade from having my pupils dilated at eye exam, and who knows how this typing will go? I’m inclined to include all mistakes. Man, there I was, being my brother, and really probably my other brother, and my dad, having this whole long exchange with the... Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2017 at antiquated notions

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Well, good! But I just looked at it on the phone, and the coding was so messed up, part of it was unreadable. I've fixed that, but don't even know if you were able to see the bit about you.

Commented May 25, 2017 on This Could Be The Start Of Something at antiquated notions

This Could Be The Start Of Something

Will I write something today that I think is grand? Will I sew something fun and interesting-looking? Today on I've Got A Secret, Jayne Meadows started singing "This Could Be the Start of Something Big," while they were taking turns singing tunes for musical chairs, and that was mildly funny... Continue reading

Posted May 25, 2017 at antiquated notions

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