I love when I find a (new to me) artist with work centering on fat people. I had about given up on finding any new fat artists; but there was Mr. Gubarev just waiting for me to check out Pinterest!  Valentin Gubarev, as you might guess from his name, is from Russia (Gorky – now…

Seriously. I don’t know why, but this memory popped into my head just as I was falling asleep last night.  The details are lost to the mists of time – or at least the fog in my fat old lady brain, but I remember the important bits. Like I could have died.  Or just been…

We are hoping to retire to my home state of Michigan. Yes, I know it’s: Colder than the nipple on a witch’s titColder than a bucket of penguin shitColder than the hairs on a polar bear’s assColder than the frost on a champagne glass I grew up there.  I know.  As I have said many…

I was thinking about how I feel about not having opportunities to perform. And then I realized – I’m wrong. The current situation gives you a great opportunity. The theater groups are all calling for digital auditions.  How often do you get a chance to work on your audition until it is perfect before the…

Yup. I’m done with Christmas. By that I mean, everything I need to do is done.  Presents bought and on their way and cards printed, stuffed and stamped and at the post office. What a relief. I have half a mind to just take down the tree now. But that would break Murphy’s little orange…

It’s funny that I find two sources for colorful rich fat art are Russia and Hispanic/Latin countries.  One country cold, drab and austere on the outside and the other warm and colorful on the outside.  What these countries have in common are a passionate populace, full of hospitality and a joy found in the every…

I was doing laundry today (as I do almost every Thursday) and I was folding my leggings.  And I suddenly realized that leggings are really just stretch pants! I was horrified!  I would never wear stretch pants! Would I? And then I started thinking on how the use of leggings has morphed from them being…

WTF Wednesday came on Tuesday this week. Got the dishwasher all loaded.  Close it up.  Push the buttons.  Walk away. Realize, a bit later, I’m not hearing dishwashing sounds. WTF? WTF is our Bosch dishwasher has an E24 Error Code. The E24 Error Code means your dishwasher is not draining. Well, fuck. The good news…

I don’t know why we now have these designated days like “Black Friday”, “Cyber Monday” and now “Giving Tuesday.  But I did use Giving Tuesday to remind myself of the theater groups that are struggling to hang on until the end of the pandemic.  Many of them have come up with very clever ways to…

I made my Grandpa Cotter’s Deer Camp Chili recipe the other day. Either there were a lot of guys up at that deer camp or they were astoundingly hungry. I ended up making a vat of the stuff.  (Perhaps I exaggerate a wee bit.) It’s pretty good, although it is truly Michigan chili – not…