Tag Archives: memes and surveys

Teaser Tuesday because it’s Tuesday and not Wednesday as I’d previously believed

Posted on June 27, 2023 by smellincoffee

Harry and I were standing outside watching the sunset when Maria-Grazia came out dragging her suitcase. She was driving back to Italy that night, but that’s not why I did a double take. She appeared to be transformed. I almost … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tu- um, Wednesday

Posted on June 21, 2023 by smellincoffee

I missed yesterday’s Top Ten List because I was at the hospital doing my one-year transplant checkup. Everything looks peachy on that end: they were concerned about my low white blood cell count, but a shot and changes to my … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday posted from a phone edition

Posted on June 20, 2023 by smellincoffee

There is one drawback to not wearing a moustache, and that that if you don’t have one, you’ve got nothing to twirl when baffled. All you can do is stand with your lower jaw drooping like tired lily, looking a … Continue reading →

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Teesday Toosins

Posted on June 13, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s “Top Ten Tuesday” is ‘bookish wishes’, or books we’d like to own. But first! Teases! Teaser Tuesday, Or: A Buncha Quotes from Level Up That I liked “Hell no. I don’t want to make it weird. She’s just out … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday

Posted on June 6, 2023 by smellincoffee

Botanists tell us that the blossom is an evolution of the leaf–but they cannot say just why that particular bud should take from the same air and sunshine a fairer substance, a deeper color, a more permanent existence, and become … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday because it is in fact Tuesday and not Monday

Posted on May 30, 2023 by smellincoffee

I love three-day weekends, but boy do they throw the ol’ internal kenning of time and space off. Today’s top ten Tuesday prompt was ‘things that make me NOT want to read a book’, and I can’t think of much. … Continue reading →

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Favorite YouTube Videos

Posted on May 24, 2023 by smellincoffee

This week’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is…..favorite youtube videos. I can’t tell you how many hours of YouTube I’ve watched since 2007. Google probably could, but I think I’d rather not know. I had a painstaking list of … Continue reading →

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Tuesday things

Posted on May 23, 2023 by smellincoffee

Welcome to Tuesday! Today’s teaser comes from Air: The Restless Shaper of Our World, and the Top Ten Tuesday topic is “Things That Automatically Make Me Want to Buy a Book“. […]it was Darwin who taught us to think in … Continue reading →

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Teesday Tuese & TT

Posted on May 16, 2023 by smellincoffee

Common exercises were foot racing, wrestling, boxing, leapfrog, hopscotch, quoits, and marbles. Some Rebs played tenpins after a fashion ironically unique, by rolling cannon balls at the pins, or at holes in the ground. The Life of Johnny Reb: The … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday & Teaser

Posted on May 9, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the Artsy Reader Girl, is “Top Ten Books You Recommend the Most”. But first, a Tuesday Tease! In his informal report to the President, Tom Ochiltree, aide to General Sibley, called accurately the losses … Continue reading →

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