Very well written. It is true that, historically, women are more likely to reflect their creativity in their surroundings, including their appearance, their homes, their gardens. This does not diminish any other art that they produce. Also, creative expressions such as quilting, embroidery, flower gardening, etc. were…

Thank you for sharing your story. I’m glad that you have been able to survive and live life with this chronic disease.  My daughter suffers from social anxiety and is on medication. I fear that she will have a break one day and slip into depression. Depression gallops through both sides of our family. My FIL is…

Do they still play background music in the Hallmark movies nonstop? Years ago, I was watching one with a friend (who was taking it far more seriously than I) and the background score NEVER STOPPED. Every action was scored, from walking in the field, to gathering around the dining table, to staring wistfully off into…

What an awesome idea!

I adore these clips- the dancing, the clothes, the hair- all top notch! These people put in some major effort!

I think it’s good for you to share your story. As a woman, I have often thought about things that have happened and just swept them away- trying to gage the “degree” of sexual harrasment. But they definitely made me feel bad and I remember them all clearly. What happened to me was wrong. What happened to you was…

I’m just exhausted thinking about pulling all those clothes on and off in a single day.

I have more photos of terrifying dolls from that museum. I couldn’t stop, It was like the dolls were compelling me, trying to spread their evilness to the world via my camera.

This is a scary doll that I saw with my own eyes at the Toy and Miniature Museum in Kansas City. Kept behind very thick glass for obvious reasons.

Those dolls are definitely going to kill you one day. Please, be safe!

That’s terrible, so sorry for your loss.

The scariest babysitting movie and book:

That is good to know! Yes, all of Florida is not a hotbed of climate denying, racist, homophobic people!

I was just going to write - but I’m in Florida where our governor struck the phrase “climate change” from the state vocabulary. The state that will surely be the first to be overtaken by the ocean.

I think if anyone, Alec Baldwin can do this. He has the old movie star and hosting gravitas that is needed and he seems to have a genuine appreciation for the subject. When we cut cable years ago, I freaked out and recorded hours and hours of TCM onto DVD. I would set the timer for certain movies and other times, just…

Good point, it seems 2016 will continue to torment us for some time to come.

Orlando Weekly, Orlando’s alternative newspaper, prints a personal bio on each victim each week. You can find them here:

After 2 weeks driving across the Deep South as a tourist and a lifetime of living here, this really resonates with me. Storytelling is a deep and rich tradition and it seems to begin in the swaying trees along the roads and highways. You can practically scoop stories up with your hand as you’re driving along. Looking…

I enjoyed the complaint where the children got immediately punished for repeating the words they heard and how that ruined their fun experience.