I had a super fun, super busy weekend after a long and stressful week of work. I did not plan ahead very well, so I don’t have anything on deck ready to go. And tonight I am just too tired to think let alone compose a semi- intelligent set of sentences on a topic that’s been on my mind. We… Read more »
Full disclosure- Saturday morning I wrote a scathing post about the outrage over the drag queen performance at the Olympic opening ceremonies. But then by Saturday night it came out that the supposed mockery of Da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper was completely misplaced because the scene they were portraying was actually an ancient Greece bacchanal. Which makes WAY… Read more »
Today marks the birthday of Amelia Earhart, the aviator best known for her mysterious disappearance in 1937. But she was so much more than that. She was the first woman- and only the second person ever- to fly the Atlantic solo. She founded the Ninety-Nines, a non profit designed to promote and support women in aviation. She was a fashion… Read more »
There has been a weird surge of “Trad Wife” content on social media. “Trad” of course is short for “traditional”. These accounts/ channels show women as merry housewives tending to several photogenic children, baking goodies from scratch, often tending to chickens and a huge garden, and generally cosplaying as June Cleaver. Before we go any further, I have nothing against… Read more »
This week we celebrate a very special milestone at Casa Palmer! July 18th marks the one year anniversary of Oreo’s arrival in our home. Pat saw Oreo – then named Hershey- was up for adoption at a local shelter and instantly knew he wanted to add him to our family. He had been talking about getting a male cat for… Read more »
Are you in the approximately 25% of people who have fovea buccalis? Don’t worry if you do- it’s not a bad thing! That is just the medical term for dimples! Dimples are actually a birth defect! They are caused when the zygomaticus major facial muscle in your cheek doesn’t form properly in utero. There are two sets of muscle tissue… Read more »