Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: November 2017

  • Hattie’s Gone

    Long time commenter Hattie (real name :Marianne) has passed away of cancer. She was endlessly fascinating, tremendously well-read, and blogging almost to the end. Like my Mom, her hospice was brief. I will miss her nudges on my blog to remind me to make updates. If you haven’t, visit her blog at

  • My New Love Language: Bedding

    Gary just called in from the other room. “Ellen, what the name of this thing on the bed?” “What thing?” “The THING! On the bed. I have to buy a new thing!” “Oh. The coverlet?” “Thank you.” I could hear him typing. I kept quiet. I haven’t slept in that room for years now. I…

  • Still Not Knitting

    The hobby situation here is in flux. Knitting: I came close.I looked at a book, I researched the internet for “easy sock patterns.” That was as far as I got before other hobbies swam to the surface to pull me away from the maelstrom that is knitting. Jewelry: After puzzling all summer over how to…