Marian Allen's Blog, page 25
November 15, 2024
November 14, 2024
Thursday Doors: Golden
#ThursdayDoors #poetry #writingprompt Again, I haven’t been anywhere with new doors, so I’ve gone to my bookshelves for help. When I was wee, my mother gave me THE GOLDEN BOOK OF POETRY. You might say it opened the doors to poetry for me. You can…
November 12, 2024
Food Tuesday: Legs and Ears
#FoodTuesday #QuickAndEasyRecipes #Pasta Insofar as I know, there’s nothing particularly cannibalistic about the Italians, but you wouldn’t know it from the names of their pastas. I grew up eating elbow macaroni, and now I’ve bought a box of little ears, AKA orecchiette. I also bought…
November 11, 2024
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Pretty Lady Dresses and Swirls
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt You wouldn’t know it to see how I slop around the house, but I love pretty lady dresses. The dresses are pretty, I mean; I don’t care what the ladies look like as long as their dresses…
November 9, 2024
Caturday: Tipper Helps A Lot
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #whitecats #Tipper #TipperLordSnowbottom #SirSniffsalot Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? The hoomans had a nelection, and Momma went, ’cause she goes every time the hoomans give a nelection, and she didn’t have a good time this time. I hate…
November 8, 2024
November 7, 2024
Thursday Doors: Toonerville
#ThursdayDoors #ToonervilleTrolley #writingprompt Yeah, I’m late today. But I didn’t kill myself, so that’s a plus. It’s a plus for me, anyway; I hope it’s a plus for you. ANYWAY, I didn’t get out anywhere new this week, so I turned to my books. Fontaine…
November 6, 2024
One-Liner Wednesday: Not All Angels
#OneLinerWednesday #AngelsOnEarth #writingprompt I don’t believe in a deity who is all-knowing AND all-loving AND all-powerful, because the evidence is against it, but I do believe in angels, especially people who do things the cynical can’t explain. I went to the grocery Monday, and a…
November 5, 2024
Food Tuesday: Ribs and Kraut
#FoodTuesday #writingprompt I told Dan I was going to do this, and JayC had a sale on pork ribs, so I did it. I cut the rack into little-old-lady-sized portions and froze them. When I took the notion, I took out a frozen portion and…
November 4, 2024
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Death and More Death
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt Sara and Michael invited me to their post-Halloween Halloween party and, being a Hello Kitty fan, I did Goodbye Kitty nails in red, black, and white. The pinky and thumbs are white crackle polish over red. My…
