Can't say I saw this one coming, guys. I found out the other day that my stepfather has a daughter. My stepfather has a daughter. It would appear that, apparently, I am the last to know that Louie fathered a daughter before he met my mom. And The Daughter's half-sister reached out to me over Facebook last night. It was in a post about Louie's old store, The Karmel Korn Shop. I posted: "Do you guys think you can post any memories …
Joe and I have been to look at a few places in our ongoing apartment hunt. It's comforting that we have until September, but we're looking to move in the spring, before it gets too hot. Happily, there are available properties that meet most of our wish list! We haven't seen anything that knocks us out, though. There was this little three-bedroom house in Arlington that had some amaaaaazing floors. It was so cool. But somebody snatched…
I just Unfriended my mother-in-law. I have mostly been off Facebook since October, only popping back in now and then because I miss seeing what my friends have been up to, and photos of the kids and pets and culinary creations. But. As we are all shaken, horrified, devastated by the murder of another good citizen. I checked her Facebook. Maybe there'd be pictures of the pups, I don't know. And. There was an image. It showed an array of whi…
"A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter.”
My husband is Joe Kowalski , an imaginative Gen X polymath and among the most talented people I know. I learned the term "polymath" from Hal Sparks. From Google AI search: "A polymath is a person with deep expertise across multiple, diverse fields, driven by relentless curiosity and the ability to synthesize knowledge from different domains to foster innovation and creative problem-solving." My good friend Diana (she's all ov…
Update January 22: OMG it's done. I love it. Do you love it? I was going to delete this post, but I want everyone to know that coder Lasantha Bandara is a fucking genius, and fast. Like...really fast. ROCK STAR. Update January 21: So I spent a day or two looking at about 50 other themes. But I don't think a theme exists that is as perfect as YouMag for my particular blog. I guess I just love it! I re-installed it today after all, ha ha. Bu…
Happy Sunday, dear fine readers. I was thinking. I am lucky enough to be surrounded by incredibly talented artists. And I haven't really written about them! What, why not! So today I'm going to dedicate a little time to doing just that. First up—my mom, JoAnna Lombardi . My beautiful and talented mom started painting in her forties. First watercolors, then oils. Lots of blues and R&B musicians—she painted Stevie, Jimi, Billie Holiday, …
Now here's the thing. I don't do this for any kind of ostentatious putting-on of airs. I'm not vain at all. Just the opposite. You can ask my psychiatrist. Or my therapist. No, I am occasionally Googling myself to see if Google has had any sweet sweet mercy on # Blogger and indexed our # blogs at all. Because we would really like Google to index our blogs. Lack of blog indexing is a frequent topic of discussion in certain web forums. …
Songs in the Key of Life was one of my favorite records practically my whole life. From the age of 7 I'd say. My parents have great taste in music. My favorite is Side Four--it's a double album. Isn't She Lovely Joy Inside My Tears Black Man Ngiculela - Es Una Historia I Am Singing If It's Magic As Another Star I want "If It's Magic" played at my funeral. Damn, Stevie.
Not that I've been on it much lately, so me deleting my account won't mean anything to Pinterest. I created my Pinterest account when we first moved from Comm Ave to Lower Allston, as a kind of Look Book for home decor ideas.I also had some pins of 19th Century dinner rings--I had one once and thought I'd get another some day. But now it seems Pinterest is already chock-a-block with AI slop. Why? What are they thinking? That was a pu…
"But you used to write about politics..." Yeah. At one time I did, yeah. Here in Blogger, back to 2012. You can find all those passionate, researched entries by searching on "politics" in the search field. In my Diaryland blog ,
I have essays from the 2000, 2004 and 2008 elections--that is to say,
from the Hanging Chad to the Provisional Ballot to (sweet relief) YES WE
CAN! I don't have any entries from 2020 to July 2025 …
