Recent content by Lily Powers

I''m so sorry for the tragedy your family is going through. Make sure your family is safe, and take advantage of any victim advocates your District Attorney's Office and/or law enforcement agencies have to offer. I think you should indeed go ahead and howl. And be strong!

StrayCat, are you going to get a rotary? We have one and I love it. :love: Granted, it's a candlestick phone and weighs a ton, so conversations aren't long and drawn out, but that's not a bad thing. It's an early 1930's, Western Electric with a bullnose and a separate ring box; all original...

I stopped wearing polarized lenses because they make digital readouts (in the car, on the gas pumps) difficult to read. What helped me choose my next lenses was that the eye doc had big, round glass and plastic samples of colors, both polarized and non-polarized lenses. Take them outside and...

My parents had decidedly English roots. I learned later that I was adopted and that my birth parents had Greek and Irish roots. When I met my birth father, he certainly had the Irish in him - ruddy complexion and red, red hair. My birth mother's roots appear to be Canadian and...

I really like your blog and the cycling posts are just icing on the cake! :cheers1:

Until you get up and running with sewing, you could try these simple "oomphs": Red Lipstick - A little bit can make you look far from frumpy, even when you have on a simple outfit. Even more so, as Sheeplady suggested, with a vintage hair cut. Vintage Collars - quick, (usually) affordable way...

I love the article you posted! In fact, I just got back home after riding my bicycle to a local winery for a summer concert - short distance, warm night, music… two wheels was the only way to go - so your post was especially delightful. Along the same lines as your blog post on women and...

Lakrits! They look like M&Ms, are chocolate on the inside like M&Ms, but the hard, black shell on the outside is licorice flavored. Nothing special to look at, but the combo of the chocolate and licorice is surprisingly irresistible.

The only film I've been interested in seeing lately is the documentary The Galapaos Affair: Satan Came to Eden - The header describes it as "Darwin meets Hitchcock," and it's punctuated with some great archival photos and home movies from 1929 - 1934 to chronicle the true story. The diaries...

Kind of off-topic, but your comment about the "high school boys" brought to mind the now closed "Women in Men's Fedoras" thread. That was one particular thread that went unmoderated for quite some time and any decorum went out the "locker room" window. so to speak, before someone closed it...

The PR threads are moderated quite well. I've a appreciated the links and photos that the guys have provided and rolled my eyes at some of the comments made by the men too. And when the guys get rolling on a thread, it can become "man centeric" quickly. Also, at any given time, there can be 4...

It is indeed a great photo. The women were really female firefighters, but you're correct in that wasn't taken on December 7. I remember some curiosity about it when it was published a couple of years ago. The link below is to a short 2011 article about the photo, the women in it (from left...

Handsome couple without a doubt, and you are especially adorable. Hope the venue wasn't too warm for your "cover up."