Chicago, Favorite Things, Music, Nonsense

Favorite Musicians from The Midwest

The whole reason I wrote this post was that I discovered, in 2022, that The Violent Femmes are from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which completely blew my mind. For some reason, I assumed they were from England. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com As a result, I decided to spend an evening going through my playlists to see… Continue reading Favorite Musicians from The Midwest

100 Things I Love, Anxiety, Blogging, Books, Chicago, Childhood, Family, Favorite Things, Food, Friends, Garden, Humor, Life, Music, Pets, Soul Homework, Universe, Writing

100 More Things I Love

I published a post titled 100 Things I Love in 2017 and it was a lot of fun to write. A lot has happened in in the five years since I published that post, the most significant of which was a global pandemic. But I've changed a lot since 2017, going through menopause, writing a… Continue reading 100 More Things I Love

Birds, Favorite Things, Humor, Life, Music, Pets, Soul Homework, Tater Tots

Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots-Episode 37 (Birthday Month)

If you’re new to my blog, welcome! Here is an explanation of the tater tot post. Scratch and Sniff I mentioned my love of stickers in a previous tater tot post. Nicole then asked whether I had a sticker album as a child, which I did. I had entirely forgotten about scratch and sniff stickers until she… Continue reading Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots-Episode 37 (Birthday Month)

Humor, Life, Podcast

Podcast #37- “Top 10 Weirdest Guilty Pleasures”

https://anchor.fm/kari-wagner-hoban/episodes/Quirky-e1f5kbm In my post about guilty pleasure books, I linked to an article about "America's Most Common Guilty Pleasures." It was a study conducted by the website Vudu.com, and in researching for the podcast, I discovered that they only polled 2000 people. Putting mannequin hands in plant pots is one of my "weird" guilty pleasures… Continue reading Podcast #37- “Top 10 Weirdest Guilty Pleasures”

Favorite Things, Life, Soul Homework, Tater Tots

Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots- Episode 36

If you're new to my blog, welcome! Here is an explanation of the tater tot post. I'm not sure who to give credit to because it wasn't given credit on TikTok. Last week, I came across this image on TikTok. It's a behind-the-scenes photo of from the film The Breakfast Club. That's John Hughes on… Continue reading Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots- Episode 36

Favorite Things, Writing

What Are Your Favorite “Guilty Pleasure” Books?

I don't care for that term, guilty pleasure. The other day, I was reading a book-related article when the author mentioned not being embarrassed to read certain books. Why do we feel embarrassed about what we read in the first place? Back in December, I listed my favorite books of 2021, and in the comments,… Continue reading What Are Your Favorite “Guilty Pleasure” Books?