Saturday 9: Answer the Phone (2001) Unfamiliar with this week’s tune? See the video and watch it below! 1) This song likens a relationship to a roller coaster ride. When did you most recently visit an amusement park? Years. So long ago that I don’t even remember what year. But I know where… King’s Dominion […]
1. When did you most recently feel you should be dancing? Wednesday night. I was listening to old-school, 80s-era rap, and I was feeling the moment! 2. What hot stuff have you recently consumed? Spicy jambalaya. It was delicious! 3. What kind of side-hustle would be fun to try? Something creative. I use to design and sew handbags and […]
Let’s take a trip down my memory lane, shall we? I’m going to do this stream-of-consciousness style, so you get what I get… good, bad, big, or small! 1. getting murder books for Christmas Okay, I know this sounds weird. Let me explain… I’m into true crime, something for which I lay the responsibility at […]
As I enter Cronehood, I’m truly feeling the lack of female elders in my immediate family. My maternal grandmother died when I was just 16, my paternal grandmother when I was 37, and my mom when I was 44. And not one of them entered this phase without surgical help, unlike me. At the bright […]
1. During which specific hour of the day are you likeliest to be happy? I don’t know that I have a specific hour! I guess it changes from day to day. 2. Which food-beverage pairings do you feel strongest about? Iced tea and poke. Coffee and cheesecake. White Zin and popcorn. Don’t judge me. 3. […]
I’m a writer, but before that I was a reader. Since the uterus. And my reading tastes are eclectic… as are my writing tastes. Think of this as a this-or-that of books. (Click on the covers to go to Amazon US.) 1. a book I recently read that I loved This one is a domestic […]
Where the lines are blurred between fact and fiction… 1. The 27 Club The 27 Club is a cultural phenomenon that suggests that a statistically high number of artists, actors, musicians, and other celebrities die at the age of 27. The coincidence was first noticed in the early 1970s after several popular musicians died between […]
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Ah… sleep, that tease, that tormentor. Clearly, sleep and I do not have a close relationship! 1. What keeps you up at night? I mean, really, what doesn’t? On bad nights… nightmares, morbid thoughts, deep thoughts on my own humanity, the clock ticking… the usual dark and morbid things. On good nights… a good book, […]
Carrying on the true crime vibes for another week! 1. the identification of the boy in the box This is a case that’s fascinated me for years. He was a little boy found in February of 1957. He had been beaten to death before being wrapped in a blanket, put in a box, and then […]