Marian Allen's Blog, page 53
January 1, 2024
Nail Art: Christmas and New Year
#NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt As my dear old gray-headed granny used to say after she swigged her December 31 cocktail: HAP……………PY NEW YEAR! I think I’m back in business — for the time being, anyway. Here are my Christmas nails and my…
December 20, 2023
Update
#writingprompt So the hand surgeon removed this from deep within my hand. That’s what, in technical terms, is known as PDB — Pretty Damn Big. Since the holidays are coming up, I’ll probably not start blogging until the new year. Then I expect to be…
December 18, 2023
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Endurance and Snowflakes
I just got finished listening to Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing. Although Shackleton didn’t do what he set out to do — cross Antartica on foot — he brought his entire crew (and one stowaway) through a set of disasters and risks amazing…
December 14, 2023
Thursday Doors: Driving Doors And Dirty Windows
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt I think these are more of the pictures I took while Sara drove us to Thanksgiving. I took about a billion pictures, knowing that most of them would be unusable. Do you miss my posting every day, or is less more? I miss…
December 11, 2023
Update And Nail Art
#nailart #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10DiscountCode I had yet another operation from when I fell during a woodland walk and broke both wrists and lacerated my left hand. Yeah, tell me again how getting out in nature is good for you. ANYWAY, this time they…
December 7, 2023
Thursday Doors, Gingerbread Edition
#ThursdayDoors #GingerbreadHouses #writingprompt Last Thursday, I went to get my mammogram (it was clear). They had a display of gingerbread houses made by patients or clients or whatever they call us. OF COURSE, I took pictures. Also: When I went to get dressed, I didn’t…
December 6, 2023
One-Liner Wednesday: Every Time
#OneLinerWednesday #writingprompt My current binge is Lie to Me, streaming on Hulu. In it, Tim Roth plays a gnomish expert in detecting deception and Kelli Williams plays his elegant partner. In one episode, the running gag was her coming up behind him silently and his…
December 5, 2023
Tuesday Food: Another Waffledilla
#TuesdayFood #recipesortof #vegan #vegetarian #writing prompt My husband used to tease me about all the kitchen gadgets I have — and I love kitchen gadgets. But I want them to be truly useful. Enter the waffle maker. I like waffles, but I like quesadillas more.…
December 4, 2023
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Water And Chocolate
#MondayRecommends @FreeTheOcean #nailart #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10DiscountCode #writingprompt #2 Daughter has been looking to reduce her plastic use, and so have I. There is nothing available here in my beloved hickville. The farmers’ markets have bar soap that can supposedly be used as shampoo,…
December 3, 2023
Sunday Snapshot: Hot To Trot
#SundaySnapshot #writingprompt This is a closeup of an insulated hot dish carrier. Pretty. A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Lines of color MA
