Thursday, December 4, 2025

Snowfall and Cookie Dough



'tis the damn season
 - Taylor Swift
Cookie Road - The Julie Ruin
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - The Civil Wars
Christmas Starts Tonight - Olly Murs & The Ordinary Boys - Olly Murs
The Christmas Song - Carpenters   
Snow - RHCP
Christmas in Herald Square - Tony Bennett
Cold Cold Ground - Tom Waits
Wonderful Christmastime - The Shins
Christmas Is Going To The Dogs - The Eels
Winter Wonderland/Let It Snow - Midler & Mathis
Sleigh Ride - Ella Fitzgerald
Every Christmas Eve/Giving - Johnny Mathis
Winter Weather/Winter Wonderland - Mel Tormé
Frozen Pines - Lord Huron
Winter Light - Linda Ronstadt


Stratford Winter Wonderland

Back before Marina lived in South America and then got married and had a kid, we were nearly inseparable. She now lives about twenty minutes from me but I only get to see her maybe two or three times a year. I always thought that when she grew up we would still be best pals and hang out tons. But it seems once people get hitched and have kids, their spinster friend get pushed to the background and eventually is thrown away entirely. I've had a long time to work through this and even though I miss what she and I once had, I absolutely love stumbling upon an old video of us from back in the day. This one is from Christmas Eve 2010 when we were driving around nearby towns to check out Christmas lights. Man, we had some great times together!

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Happy Holiday

How hysterically adorable is this Christmas card that my cousin Alina made in 2012?!


Tuesday, December 2, 2025

It's Christmastime, Snoopy-Doop!!

Oh my gosh!!! These are thee cutest doughnuts to ever exist!!!!!

Monday, December 1, 2025

May's Christmas House

I saw these festive Spark matches when I was with Autumn in Ohio and had to buy them. 



My hopes and dreams of late are entirely of having a safe, quiet home, far from neighbours and noise. Since I'm obsessed with Instagram pages that have anything to do with houses, this one post about the Christmas house that best suits people based on the month of their birth made me click on it to see May's. I will so take this as my own. Note that there's not another living soul as far as the eye can see. Just me and Denver, my gorgeous horse that never bites and also mucks out their own stable. Amazing!


(photos kidnapped from rickusloveschristmas on IG)

Sunday, November 30, 2025

November 2025 Donations

LesbiVeggies

It's been over a year since LesbiVeggies closed their Audubon location and it's been rough without their fabulous vegan cuisine. When I saw on Insta a plea for some cash to get the new place in Woodbury open, I jumped to throw some money their way. We are all desperate to see them open!


Please join me in the Low Budget Philanthropy movement and help out your community and beyond in the simplest way - donating any amount to whatever charity or organisation that you care about!

Saturday, November 29, 2025

October 2025 Books

* Horrorland: The Horror at Chiller House ¹ by R.L. Stine - This was a quick read/listen and it was actually really good! Just the right amount of creepy to ease me into the month of all things spooky.

The Best Halloween Ever ¹ by Barbara Robinson - Decent, but not as cute as The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

Graveyard Shift ¹ by Stephen King - Of the five short stories, Graveyard Shift, The Man Who Loved Flowers, The Last Rung on the Ladder, Night Surf, and Jerusalem's Lot, I only skipped Night Surf. It got too dark and I said "Nope!" The other four stories were really good and very spooky. 

♥ ‘Salem’s Lot ¹ by Stephen King - A favourite of mine that I must listen to every October. 

♥ Another City, Not My Own by Dominick Dunne - I'm determined to read all of Dunne's books before my fiftieth. This novel in the form of a memoir was about Dunne's time spent during the Simpson trial in Los Angeles. I was a senior in high school during the infamous Bronco "chase" and at seventeen, I could care less about a low rate actor who used to be an athlete and then murdered the mother of his children and a friend of hers. I wasn't sure I'd like this book, but I was riveted! I feel bad, but I kinda think Dominick Dunne is fast replacing Henry Rollins as my favourite writer...

♥ The Exorcist ¹ by William Peter Blatty

¹ - audiobook
² - abridged version
* - liked
♥ - loved
Any unmarked titles were, in my opinion, so-so.