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Cruise Must Haves: Buoy Your Joy Before Boarding

By Marla on Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Feature photo of a cruise ship docked in Juneau AL with type "Cruise Must Haves, Buoy Your Joy Before Boarding" in white type.

My husband and I are taking an Alaskan cruise! This page contains affiliate links. For more information, click here. We’ll be celebrating our milestone anniversary in May and we’re both excited about the trip! Booked last minute, we got a pretty good deal on the cruise. We have a balcony room, with seating for two …

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BINGO! 24 Books Read in 2024

By Marla on Saturday, January 11, 2025
Books standing on edge with word "24 Books in 2024".

It was a little bit of a beating, but I read 24 books in 2024! Woohoo An arbitrary goal set and accomplished. I used this digital card to track my reading black-out BINGO. The books and novels I read are listed below. 24 Books in 2024 for the BINGO There is an email sign up …

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Musings

Duolingo: How to Learn French a Day at a Time

By Marla on Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Feature photo of a staircase in Ax-les-Thermes, France. The words "Duolingo: Learn French one day at a time."

Duolingo is a language learning app that I use on my iPhone. This page may contain affiliate links. For more information, click here. About the same time Steve Martin did this stand-up, I was taking French in high school. This bit pretty much describes my two year struggle with Monsieur LeGuilloux. My fish-out-of-water French teacher, …

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Musings Vinotourist

Manhole Covers: Does Everything Have to Be About Politics?!?

By Marla on Friday, September 13, 2024
Feature photo of a manhole cover in Bada, Spain, or is it a drain cover? The words "Manhole Covers. Does everything have to be about politics?"

I joined a Facebook group that shares posts of Manhole Covers from around the world! This page may contain affiliate links. For more information, click here. There are more than 48,000 manhole cover enthusiasts in the group. As with any social media following, a few of the crew are outspoken. Others, like me, are casual …

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A Tiny Band of Artisans

Barista Apron: How to Make One Out of Vintage Fabric

By Marla on Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Feature photo of a floral print apron front with the words "Barista Apron: Make One Out of Vintage Fabric".

My daughter is a barista and I felt like she needed a groovy apron. This page may contain affiliate links. For more information, click here. I’ve laid the steps out here so you can make one for yourself, if you so desire. Step One: Find 1 1/2 Yards of Vintage Fabric Of course, the fabric …

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Yippee! Halfway to My 2024 Reading Goal

By Marla on Saturday, August 17, 2024
Feature photo of books with the words "Halfway there! 2024 Reading Goal".

Woohoo! I’m halfway to my reading goal of 24 Book for 2024! This page may contain affiliate links. For more information, click here. On January One of this year, I challenged myself to read 24 books (in homage to the 2024 trip around the sun). It seemed a simple enough thing to do. I love …

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Leaf Peeping Plan: Finding the Best Fall Foliage 2024

By Marla on Thursday, June 27, 2024
"Leaf Peeping Plan" in block letter over an autumnal scene in the Texas Hill Country.

Leaf peeping is the act of intentionally admiring spectacular fall foliage. Living in the HOT middle of summertime Texas has me longing for cooler temperatures so I can walk outside without catching fire. And I’d really like to wear the hand-knitted hat I just finished. Maybe more importantly, planning trips is one of my favorite …

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A Tiny Band of Artisans

MY CANCER NOTES: How to Uncomplicate Your Battle

By Marla on Thursday, June 13, 2024
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MY CANCER NOTES is a journal, calendar and notebook, designed by a caregiver, to track the myriad of appointments, medications and provider information cancer patients are expected to keep straight. Because chemo brain is real. MY CANCER NOTES MY CANCER NOTES is the brainchild of the daughter (me) of a sweet octogenarian who was diagnosed …

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Framing Godmother

Visiting Art Museums: What to Know Before You Go

By Marla on Thursday, May 16, 2024

I love visiting art museums! It’s something I grew up doing, having a fine art painting mama. Not familiar with visiting Art Museums? Here’s a few things you can do to be more comfortable about going and how to have more fun. I’ll be using a collection of paintings hanging in the Museum of Fine …

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A Tiny Band of Artisans

2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Still Time to Commemorate in Style

By Marla on Wednesday, May 8, 2024
A red Arnie the Armadillo tee and a black Total Solar Eclipse tee on a marble tabletop.

One month ago today, the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse passed over a wide swath of Texas! And other parts of North America! To celebrate this celestial event, I launched an Etsy store to sell my designs on t-shirts and mugs. TWO Original 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Designs AVAILABLE NOW are not one, but TWO original …

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Marla McCarty
Marla McCarty is a writer, artist and daydream believer.
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