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A quiz! A quiz! My kingdom for a….

Here we go! Via Sunday Stealing (and in turn via Roger): 1. Describe your favorite cake. Chocolate cake is always lovely. So is vanilla cake. Cake is generally lovely…but my favorite? Carrot cake, with tons of cream cheese frosting. My … Continue reading

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Hey, Algorithm? You OK?

This video is fourteen years old, and the YouTube algorithm only decided to show it to me…today. This is the same algorithm where if I hear the words “how to use hearts of palm in cooking” in a dream, the next … Continue reading

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What’s blue and white and poofy all over?

Me this past weekend, that’s what! Because it was wonderfully crisp and cool out all weekend, I decided to fully embrace my favorite look, poofy shirts paired with overalls, during both days. And that’s probably a big reason why it … Continue reading

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Sometimes the quest takes years. Other times, not so much.

I saw, a while back, a content creator I follow on social media wearing this shirt in one of her videos: I saw that shirt and immediately thought, “I want one of those shirts!” Of course, I quickly surmised that … Continue reading

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Exercise caution…

…when eating popcorn while wearing overalls. Sometimes after an afternoon or evening at the cinema I’ve had to shake myself out. It’s not a great look, folks. (Now, you’d think I’d wise up and choose one of my many pairs … Continue reading

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So much depends upon a red cableknit sweater

I don’t knowabout a wheelbarrow but things also depend on a redcableknit sweater old and wornand soft like the blue-and-whitestriped overallspaired with it (Apologies to William Carlos Williams) There used to be a store in the malls, back in the … Continue reading

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Inspo

“Inspo” is a word I see online a lot. Obviously it’s a short form of “inspiration”, but it seems to me to imply a more informal kind of inspiration: it’s something that provokes an enthusiastic response, and possibly a desire … Continue reading

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Overalls in history….

Here’s something I never knew about! Fascinating story, this.  

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DUCK!!!

They call this fabric “duck”. I don’t know why, but they do. Duck is a canvas fabric made out of cotton, and the way it’s made it’s a lot tougher than, say, denim. And it can be a lot tougher. Apparently … Continue reading

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A Fine Addition to the Overall Discourse

I saw this video on TikTok the other day, and it amused me greatly. As the Official Self-Appointed Curator Of Internet Content Pertaining To Overalls, I am compelled to share it here. View this post on Instagram A post shared … Continue reading

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