Marian Allen's Blog
October 7, 2025
#FoodTuesday: Kinda Sorta Leftover Stew
#FoodTuesday #cookingwithleftovers #writingprompt Okay, bear with me. Or don’t. Your time is your own. Anyway, I ordered a carnitas dinner with extra refried beans, and the DoorDash said it arrived but it didn’t. So they sent another order, but my carnitas were almost exclusively onions.…
October 6, 2025
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Spellbound Purple
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt I try out a lot of stuff on streaming services. Most stuff never gets past the 15 minute mark for one reason or another, and some get a second chance just in case I wasn’t in the…
October 4, 2025
Caturday: Chickie Puts Down Her Paw
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #blackandwhitecats #Chickie #MamzelleChickieLaSilk HELLO! My name is CHICKIE! Tipper and Adi are wanting to be on Mommy’s lap every second. I like to be with her, and I like to sit on her lap for a minute in the office, but…
October 2, 2025
Thursday Door: Turtle in Portugal
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt Friend Turtle visited Porto, Portugal and took pictures like a good’un. Thanks from all of us, Turtle! Here are the first ones: A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: An oddly placed doorknob. MA
September 30, 2025
Food Tuesday: Tarted Up Ramen
#FoodTuesday #quickandeasy #writingprompt I love instant noodles. So quick. So easy. So bad for you. I usually eat them just as they come, but sometimes I tart them up with this or that. Here are some I doctored using sliced green onions, chopped kim chi,…
September 29, 2025
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Lowdown and Sparkly
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt So I’ve started watching The Lowdown on Hulu. Sorry, those who don’t have Hulu or Disney+. This crime show isn’t so much gritty as grubby. It stars Ethan Hawke, my imaginary This Guy Is In Every Kinda…
September 27, 2025
Caturday: Tipper Upstairs
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #whitecats #Tipper #TipperLordSnowbottom #SirSniffsalot Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? Momma has a Mystery upstairs. She says it’s a new cat, but I think she’s teasing me. I don’t hear a cat and I don’t smell a cat from…
September 25, 2025
Thursday Doors: Friends Away, Iceland and England
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt Friend and fellow writer Mildred Perkins went abroad and, like the dear she is, sent me some door pictures. The first one is from Iceland, obvs. The next one she said came from Tower Bridge. She didn’t SAY the one in London, so…
September 23, 2025
Food Tuesday: Killer Tomato Soup For One
#FoodTuesday #writingprompt #vegetarian #vegan Yes, I’ve seen the movie and no, this has nothing to do with it. It’s just really good soup. Start by dicing a thick slice of onion and mincing a fat clove of garlic. Cook those in butter in a saucepan…
September 22, 2025
Nail Art Monday: Starry-Eyed
#NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt My nails this week are astronomical. Well, ish. Astronomincal-ish. I have dark blue on most of my nails and white on my accent nails, a sparkly topcoat over all of them, with the blue nails stamped with white…
