Carmen Milligan
Today's music just doesn't understand
As I type this, it is Saturday night, I am writing a new episode of the Bubbly Bibbly podcast, and listening to my "Songs I Love" Amazon...
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Carmen Milligan
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Carmen's Bookshelves!!
I have gone on and on about my built-in bookcase, handcrafted by cabinet-maker David Morrow. If you listen to the podcast Rachel and I...
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Carmen Milligan
Mar 21, 20213 min read
Rift in sorority space/time continuum
Remember how I told you a couple of days ago that my dad was a man of truth? When I was summarizing the alumnae sorority drama to my mom,...
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Carmen Milligan
Mar 20, 20212 min read
Welcome to 55!
My 55th birthday came and went with very little fanfare. When your birthday is on a Monday during a pandemic there aren't many options,...
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Carmen Milligan
Mar 19, 20212 min read
COPD is a little BITCH
My dad has COPD, and has for years. He was a smoker until the grands were born, so he stopped smoking about 25 years ago. He was also in...
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Carmen Milligan
Mar 18, 20211 min read
What do you know about the boll weevil?
A coworker is going to Enterprise, Alabama for a few days. Enterprise is known to me for two reasons: tornadoes seem to love it there,...
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Carmen Milligan
Mar 16, 20211 min read
Good heavens! Where does the time go??
It's been a month since my last post, and so much has been going on. A summary: My dad has been in the hospital twice, and now has oxygen...
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Carmen Milligan
Feb 17, 20212 min read
Wednesday Word: Avuncular
avuncular adjective avun·cu·lar | \ ə-ˈvəŋ-kyə-lər \ Definition of avuncular 1: suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or...
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Carmen Milligan
Feb 12, 20211 min read
Henry Rollins recommends...
I was watching an episode of Hot Ones from First We Feast with Henry Rollins on YouTube when he was asked an AWESOME question: If you...
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Carmen Milligan
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Wednesday Word: Doppelganger
doppelganger dop·pel·gäng·er n. 1. A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart. 2. Either of...
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Carmen Milligan
Feb 9, 20214 min read
Opinionated Posts from a White Woman
I love Emmanuel Acho's "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man". It is honest, sometimes raw, and always illuminating. In one of...
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Carmen Milligan
Feb 3, 20215 min read
Wednesday Word: diaspora (and a RANT alert)
diaspora [dīˈaspərə] NOUN the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel. synonyms: relocation · resettling · population movement ·...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 29, 20211 min read
Thoughts on showering
I was thinking the other day about showering. I don't know why, but if I don't get up and get right in the shower, I dread showering for...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 28, 20211 min read
Spoons Theory
I was looking at a journal page on the Decorative Journaling group on fb today, and I saw a reference to "not many spoons today". I had...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 27, 20211 min read
Wednesday Word: Copacetic
copacetic adjective co·pa·cet·ic | \ ˌkō-pə-ˈse-tik \ variants: or less commonly copasetic or copesetic Definition of copacetic :...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Remember when I said "When a series fizzles"?
A few weeks ago, I posted about when a series fizzles out after a wonderful first book in the series. Well, do you see this crow, looking...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 17, 20212 min read
And I say again: Representation is Paramount
I just finished an awe-inspiring book. You can find my review on both Goodreads and BubblyBibbly.com. It was "King and the Dragonflies"...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 13, 20212 min read
Wednesday Word: Apathy
Friday is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, and Monday most Americans are off work to honor this man, as a holiday. As we prepare...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 7, 20212 min read
Yes, I said it. And will again. And again.
This summer I was visiting a friend (now ex-friend, but that's another story), who had another guest and her dog. We were sitting on the...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 6, 20212 min read
Wednesday Word: Foment
Since the siege on the United States Capitol building Wednesday morning, I have heard a word over and again with which I am unfamiliar:...
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