Friday Funnies
A weekly look at all of the silly stuff I download to my phone and then never look at again.
My life as a fifty-something navigating the back side of middle age
A weekly look at all of the silly stuff I download to my phone and then never look at again.
Dear Virginia, I received your letter today, say! you can certainly write a book if you want to can’t you? How is Shirley? I suppose you two are having a swell time together. You know, I wish you wouldn’t expect so many letters from me, Read more
Off the Map by Trish DollerBeck Sisters series book 3Out now from St. Martin’s Press I fell in love with the Beck Sisters from the moment I met Anna in Float Plan. Now we follow honorary Beck sister Carla as she traverses the beautiful Irish Read more
My dearest Virginia, How are you to-night? It is now about 11:30P.M. Mon. evening. I just came home from work and was thinking about you, so I decided to write a letter. What do you think of the snow storm? Did you get home allright? Read more
Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita KellyPublication date: 7 March 2023 from Forever I usually wait a day or two after reading a book to write a review of it, to give my brain time to work out my thoughts, but I literally finished reading Read more
I hate Daylight Saving Time. It needs to die. It’s ridiculous that we still have to suffer through these time changes twice a year. It takes me days, and sometimes weeks, to recover from each change. Why can’t we just pick a time and stick Read more
What has been keeping me so busy that I neglected my blogging duties? This crochet project! The past few weeks I’ve been working on this wrap for my mother for her birthday (which was yesterday). The pattern is Cassia and the yarn is Dewy DK Read more
Dear Virginia, It seems ages since I last heard from you. Your Valentine was very sweet, and I enjoyed it very much. I wish I could come up to see you. I will some of these week ends, wait and see. How is everything in Read more
February was another audio-heavy month for me (12/16). I’ve been devouring the Audible Originals. The three Cara Bastone books were so good! I especially loved Seat Mate. It reminded me a bit of my favorite movies – Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise and Before Sunset – Read more
For Her Consideration by Amy SpaldingOut now from Kensington Books This is a sweet and thoughtful sapphic romance set against the backdrop of the Hollywood “biz.” What I liked:• Fat girl rep (yes, I use that word to destigmatize it)• Well-developed characters• An ex you Read more
climacteric (noun):
1. A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point
2. The phase encompassing the transition from the reproductive state to the non-reproductive state (see also: menopause)
3. My life as a fifty-something navigating the back side of middle age