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Not a Pretty Post, but a Pre-Tea Post

Posted on December 20, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

I think I can do a Lame Post Friday post early Saturday morning. It is just after six, and I haven’t had coffee yet. Full disclosure: I have been drinking tea rather than coffee most mornings in hopes of making my stomach happy, a forlorn effort at best. Yesterday I had a nice time shopping at To Niche Their Own, a delightful little shop in Herkimer NY. Alas, I neglected to take any pictures. I must return and take a few in order to give them a proper shout-out.

The coffee I’m not having.

I throw in a picture to pep things up. It took a bit of scrolling through my Media Library to find a coffee mug. I must take a picture of one of the Christmas mugs I have been using lately.

Random picture to denote passage of time while I put on water for tea.

The thought of a hot beverage overcame me. The above picture was taken a couple of summers ago, when Brookwood Market was still a thing. I forgot which vendor I got the flowers from, but the fingerless gloves are from Herkimer Handknits. I can’t find a website or Facebook page for it, alas. I also have a beautiful shawl I purchased from her.

But it’s so cute!

With little else to say, I share another photo. This was taken at the sadly closed FarmHouse Restuarant, where I enjoyed many a delicious breakfast. You can just barely see that it is a Christmas tablecloth in the background, so I am seasonal.

I guess this was another placeholder post, but what do you want on (OK, just after) Lame Post Friday? Will I make a Saturday post on Saturday? A little uncertainty adds interest to my weekend.

Wrist to Forehead Sunday Morning

Posted on October 19, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

It is early Sunday morning, and this title occurred to me. Regular readers may have noticed that I have not posted in a few days, and I feel bad about that. My mother suggested that it might be easier to make fewer posts, pointing to a friend of hers that posts once a week. I know this is true; many bloggers post once a week or a few times a week. The point is, they post regularly. For me, I like to post every day.

Random picture to denote passage of time while I make my tea.

I guess it isn’t really a random picture, since I spent some time scrolling down my Media Library before I picked one. As a note of interest, I seem to be on my last teabag of black tea. I have green, white and herbal, plus plenty of coffee, so this is not the disaster it may have been.

Wrong Way might as well be my middle name.

I was actually looking for the meme that said, “First drafts don’t have to be perfect; they just have to be written,” or words to that effect (there probably isn’t a semicolon; I have kind of a passion for semicolons). However, I realized I would have to do quite a bit of scrolling to find it, and I think this one is almost as good. The fact is, I feel I am going the wrong way about being a daily blogger.

The right way? I suppose I must figure that out, hence I swoon, dramatically posed with the back of one wrist to my forehead. Will I find the right way? Will I write other things? The suspense will add interest to my Sunday. In any case, I see I approach 300 words, which is not bad for a mere placeholder post. Maybe I can manage a real post later. I have all day and a whole cup of black tea to help me.

Make Tea and a Blog Post and Call Me in the Morning

Posted on December 10, 2024 by mohawkvalleygirl

It seems I last posted early Thursday morning. It is now mid-afternoon on Monday, and I could use a cup of coffee. Or something.

Pause while I acquire a caffeinated beverage.

I made tea, but I found the Dyn’s Cider Mill mug. I thought I could just about manage a Monstrous Monday post and perhaps get into some better blog posts as the week wears on. I am feeling exceptionally useless lately. I suppose the solution to that is to do something useful as say, “There! What about that!” Well, I did a load of laundry earlier and tried to clean out a tote in which I had thrown a ridiculous collection of things. Perhaps tea and a blog post will revive me.

Some chicks don’t dig skinny guys.

Here is a shot from House on Haunted Hill, which I re-watched recently. It is a perennial favorite. I refer, of course, to the original, produced by William Castle and starring Vincent Price.

“Hang a shining star upon the highest bought!”

I thought I would throw in a more seasonal monster with the Abominable Snowman, affectionately known as Bumbles, from Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer. I though he had lost all his teeth by the time he wanted to put the star on top of the tree. Just another continuity gaffe.

OK, he can call me a ho.

And another seasonal monster. I need to find a Santa hat to put on Elliott Ghoul, who stands in my dining room window. I put one on the Ghost that acts as a living room light.

Perhaps over the next few days I will complete my meager Christmas decorations and take some pictures for the blog. I know some regular readers are interested to see Bonita’s Yuletide garb.

A Whiningly Late Tired Tuesday Post

Posted on July 3, 2024 by mohawkvalleygirl

I am taking Tuesday as a Blogger’s Sick Day. I got home from work last night, managed to do a couple chores, then succumbed to a bad head. I don’t know what else to call it. It is more light-headedness than pain, and a neurologist once told me it was a form of migraine. Oh dear, and here I am whining about it. Anyways, I felt unable to do anything much so went to bed early. This morning (Wednesday, early), I am feeling equally as bad with an upset stomach for good measure. I am sipping tea instead of my usual coffee. It is quite tasty and may settle my stomach (to add an un-whiny comment).

Pretend there is tea in the mug.

I like to add an illustration when possible. I am not drinking out of that mug currently, but it is the first one I came to in my Media Library. In fact, it is kind of what my stomach feels like now. Maybe not that bad, luckily. I certainly must go to work today and Friday. If I do not, my employer will not pay me for July 4th. It is a good policy, really, or a lot of people who had not foresightedly asked for those days off might be tempted to call in.

And here’s an interesting grammar point. My Chromebook does not like the word “foresightedly.” I do not see why I cannot make an adverb by adding “-ly” to any handy adjective. Some writers eschew adverbs and rail dementedly at their use in any and all situations (you see what I did there?). I personally need all the help I can get and will avail myself of any words I like, even if I have to make them up.

Look, at that, a whole paragraph about my psycho grammar, not whining about my stomach or head. On that note, I thank you for tuning in, and sign off with hopes for a more productive Wednesday.

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Lame Post IN the Morning ON Saturday

Posted on April 9, 2022 by mohawkvalleygirl

I tell you, it is a whole different perspective. I am sitting in the chair instead of on the couch, pecking at the Tablet with a stylus pen I was lucky enough to find (I have mislaid both actual styluses and all the other stylus pens), sipping tea, and hoping nobody minds that I did not post on Thursday. I was actually hoping nobody would notice but felt compelled to mention it, being me. Even I could not hope my readers would not notice.something I actually mentioned.

Tea does not have as much caffeine as coffee, by the way. A friend read me the amounts from a drug studies book many years ago. An acquaintance (she passed for a friend at the time) once said, “Oh, no. You can do only one or two dunks of the tea bag, that’s all!” How scientific: one or two dunks. An example of people thinking they know things for no particular reason.

I seem to be getting bogged down, but since this is my Late Lame Post Friday Post, I will continue to sludge through.

The first paragraph raised two questions in my mind. The first: why does one sit in a chair but on a couch? One can sit on a chair, but that usually refers to one of the wooden variety. I occupy a nice cushy living room chair (see what I did there?). “In” seems appropriate. However, couches are nice and cushy, too. Why do I not sit in a couch? Right now I do not because my husband, Steve, is there, sound asleep, by the way.

One might argue that Steven should be IN bed. Ooh, this one makes sense: you sit ON a bed, usually on top of the covers and try not to mess them up. You sleep IN a bed, nicely snuggled under the covers.

That was a delightful discussion, for me anyways. I will just mention my second question: what is the proper plural of styluses? My autocorrect wanted to change it to “stylized.” As usual in these disagreements, I prevailed.

I have finished my tea. Perhaps I should get on with my Saturday.

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I Need Some Nosteratu

Posted on June 16, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

The obligatory psycho eyes!

Hey, it’s Lame Post Friday! I have not shared monster pictures all week, so I thought I might indulge tonight. I open with a monster of the human variety (using the term “human” loosely), the murderous Rhoda in The Bad Seed, as played by Patty McCormack in the 1956 movie. She is shown with her mother, played by Nancy Kelly, who does a good bit of scenery chewing herself. Steven and I are watching the movie now. I wanted something cheesy, familiar, and fun.

I did not mean to make a real movie blog post about The Bad Seed. I merely mention it to set the scene, as it were. It is the end of a long week, and I am tired. I need some Nosferatu.

“Ah, fresh air!”

Here is the picture I always think looks as if it is in front of Little Falls Antique Center at Canal Place. Just to give a little local flair. For a little more local flair, I am sipping some Reisling from Merritt Winery in Forestville, NY. I have not been there but have sampled the wine at tastings at Valley Wine and Liquor in Herkimer, NY.

I just flashed on Dracula, saying, “I never drink… wine” (of course he pronounced it “vine”). That is where the vampire and I differ. Therefore I will close with a picture of Frankenstein, “Drink! Good!” Come to think of it, he may have been talking about gin. Well, one must make do after all.

Tea is good, too.

This is Boris Karloff in 1931’s Frankenstein, on a break. Just to complete the scene, we are now at the point in The Bad Seed where the characters are drinking gin and tonic. Damn, that’s one of my favorites! Well, wine is good, too. Happy Friday, everyone!

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