Posts by Michelle Balaun
I ‘effin’ LOVE this marvelous old movie.
Auntie Mame is my Branding Genius 1958 was a long long time ago. But that is when my mom’s favorite movie came out. Auntie Mame. I’ve watched it many times as it cycled through the Saturday morning movies on network TV when I was a kid and only recently watched it as a full-grown adult.…
Read MoreApril, first day, last day.
Today would have been my mom’s 97th birthday. She was born on the last day of April and I was born on the first. I really feel that April is a magical month. I really love all the crazy weather April wreaks on us. A special appreciation for the month and for my mom. I…
Read Moreoh la la…Paris
How to create, manifest, and allow a trip to Paris. You always say, wow, lucky, I’ve always wanted to go to Paris… but you never do. Why do you think it never happens? It’s easy to book a flight, to get on a plane and to go. I have been journalling that I wanted a…
Read MoreDad and Dad+
For my Dad The Brass Rail, that was the name of the first bar my grandfather, Big Bad Bill (far left behind the bar) ever opened. My dad, Johnnie Jon (middle behind the bar) was the sign maker. We had a sign press in the basement of our house. I would help him inking the…
Read MoreOde to the D.I.Y. sisterhood
This is my very first blog… ever.
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