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Author: Laurel Zito
I was born in 1965 in San Francisco, and moved to the Midwest where I am spending my Golden Years helping the Environment.
Lucille Garrard Doll Artist
Lucille Garrard Doll Artist 1983 Rainy Day and Sunny Day Dolls
A Village After Dark by Kazuo Ishiguro
In the story “A Village After Dark” by Kazuo Ishiguro a man comes back to the village where he used to live but nothing is the same.
Harold Brodkey New Yorker Digital Subscription
I can not read “Dying An Update” on the New Yorker Digital Subscription by Harold Brodkey.
My Life of Crime
My Life of Crime by The Psychedelic Furs 1984 New York Remix.
Delmore Schwartz and Jean Stafford
“Children are never bored on Sundays” by Jean Stafford is a fictional story about a woman who goes to the Metropolitan Art Museum in Manhattan. I take a deeper look into the character Eisenberg who was based on poet Delmore Schwartz.
Geraldine Largay Conspiracy
Was the disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail really a disappearance or was it a conspiracy?
Creating a Habitat for Wildlife
This post is about what needs to be done to restore habit land for animals, plants, birds.
Yog-Sothoth Review
I look at a dipiction of Yog-Sothoth from the book The Gods of HP Lovecraft by Aaron J. French.
Big Butter From the Udder
An experimental band called Big Butter. Unfortunately they are impossible to find online for listening, and have no Wikipedia. There is an article from the LA Weekly.
The Great Pyramid Monument
A book review of Solution 9: The Great Pyramid Book
What Is It All But Luminous: Notes from an Underground Man by Art Garfunkel
Book Review: Art Garfunkel Biography is more like a magazine article that will be recycled eventually and forgotten. This book is not a keeper.
Sandra Payne: A World of Shine
Barrett Barrera Projects Art Gallery is located in St. Louis. I hope this will be the first in a series of looks at local artists. Sandra Payne died before her first exhibit could come to fruition.
Orange Juice with Vitamin C from The Florida Sunshine Tree
The Florida Sunshine Tree Commercial was song by Anita Bryant and I did not even know she was a singer. Orange Juice with vitamin C from The Florida Sunshine Tree.
Five Years: Briefwechsel Book of Letters
Book Analysis annotations and translations
Marie Antoinette The Rose of Versailles Doll by Asahi Toys
I have collected both types of The Rose of Versailles Doll by Asahi Toys by from the late 70s.
Junky and Queer Characters and Joan
The books Junky and Queer by William S. Burroughs have a lot of interesting characters. Someone should create character list to keep track of them.
Tumblr Death Moon Youtube
This Moon Youtube Video tells about a scam Tumblr convention. It makes me want to delete my Tumblr account.
Against Nature Book Review
Against Nature is a book about a man's desire for total isolation. Of course, it did not work out. No man is an island. Read my review after you have read the book first, as it contains spoilers.
Email from WordPress
Email from wordpress indicates I don't own this domain name from Anne Frank?
Lunar Park Book Review
I thought at first I Lunar Park was better then Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis's first novel), but when it morphed into a horror novel it became unenjoyable.
Progress Report Land Restoration
Removing aggressive and non native trees to help the good native trees.
Literary Magazines
The New Yorker and The Paris Review Ideas for increasing readership of literary magazines.
Clearing Native Land of Invasive Non Native Plants
Clearing out native land to create a healthy environment for plants animals and pollinators I am updating my progress which so far is not much.
Jefferson City Doll Club
The Jefferson City Fashion Doll Club features Modern Dolls from 1960 onwards up to the newest dolls of Today.
The Runaways and Cherie Currie Book Review
My impressions after reading and listening to the “Neon Angel Book”. I found the book to have a serious creditability issue. I never knew who the Runaways were at the time in which they were famous.
Lost in the Valley of Death: Book Review
Book Review Harley Rustad’s , “Lost in the Valley of Death.” Justin Alexander Shetler disappeared in India in 2016 while on a spiritual quest.
Juana Leno Pig Acoma Pottery
Juana Leno was born and lived in Acoma Pueblo where she was a respected pottery master. Did she make this pig?
Like his namesake Mr. Gone is Gone
What happened to the actor who played Mr. Gone in the animated series The Maxx by Sam Kieth. What does The Maxx have in common with The Prisoner?
Caffeine
I love the feeling of drinking coffee or tea but ultimately there is a price to pay.
Malibu P.J.
Repo Malibu P.J. has been released but do I want to buy her?
Oblivion Book Review
I found an essay by author Andrew Altschul on the story “The Suffering Channel” from the Book Oblivion by David Foster Wallace and it inspired me to take the essay a little bit farther with extrapolation.
Bose Hearphones
Why did they stop making Bose Hearphones? They were better than hearing aids.
Parodies Can Exceed The Original Song
These songs are not really song parodies., They were imitations which exceeded the singer’s original material. The song are “Long Cool Woman” and “Stuck In The Middle.”
Why did Brad Delp Commit Suicide?
We look at the cause of Brad Delp’s suicide and consider the words in his note.
Audible Returns
Today I got banned from Audible Returns for 6 months in spite of being promised unlimited reviews book younger then one year. Audible invented this return policy and now they blame me for using it. How much time does one have to read and listen to books anyway in the modern age?
Buttercup Ivy
We consider how difficult it is grow buttercup ivy because it can not take the cold.
Composting with Coffee Grounds
In 2015 Starbucks was giving away coffee grounds. They stopped because of Covid. Hopefully they will start up again. How to keep composting without coffee grounds.
Track Listing for Untitled
Track Listing for Woodleaf’s latest musical creation.
Hunter Toys
Not much is known about the Hunter Doll Company. This is what I have on them.
Integrity Fashion Dolls
Integrity Fashion Dolls. There is no good explanation of these dolls anywhere online, so I had to make up these ideas by looking at the lines of dolls.
Warhol by Blake Gopnik
My thoughts on the Andy Warhol Biography by Blake Gopnik titled "Warhol".
Dedo Sutton Doll
These early Blythe type dolls are from the 50s and feature moving eyes.
Dime Store Dolls
Dime Store Dolls vs. Dress Me Dolls how are they different? What are Souvenir Dolls? What about Pee Wees and Trolls?
Erin Moran Death Mystery
Erin Moran was a 70’s TV Star on the Show Happy Days which I watched as a child in afternoon reruns. But what was her cause of death?
Jan and Dean
Jan and Dean considered what they were and what they could have been. Jan and Dan as the Monkees? Jan and Dean as The Beatles? Psychedelic Jan and Dean?
Shannen Doherty Badass Book Review
Shannen Doherty Book Badass is a Self Help Book published in 2010 and this is my review of it. Doherty played the iconic role of Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210.
Living In The Past
I've Seen the Future and I'm Not Going: The Art Scene and Downtown New York in the 1980s Book Review
Argument Against Tourism
I love to see new places. I wish to see as many places as possible before I die. But there is an argument against tourism.
Worse Plastic Surgery List
My list of the worse plastic surgeries undergone by celebrities.
Macy Makes Magic 
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