ARE WE BEING GOOD ANCESTORS?
cindyphillips Margaret Fuller’s Birthday and a Chimpanzee An early morning on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony in South Africa still smells of woodsmoke and Impepho trodden underfoot in the…
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GEN JONES SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES
The MAY Newsletter: Somewhere between the collapse of attention spans, the rise of artificial intelligence, the return of world wars to the nightly news, and trying to remember why we…
MY BOT IS THE LOVECHILD OF HECTOR AND GYLES.
A Fucking Ridiculous Electronic Device, FRED, has given me back my Fingerspitzengefühl, in this Room Of My Own. That is to say: it (not HE!) exists politely in my life…
STYROFOAM BALLS IN STATIC ROOMS
An Introduction to What Forensic IT Can Establish About Social Media Stalkers It’s wonderful to be on the blogs again. Those friends who have blogged with me since the birth…
Avoiding Moths Whilst Exiting The Woods
from my Substack archive: Cindy Phillips, Looking ahead, ten years after, 24 July 2025 One way I’ve come to understand my own condition is to write something and spend a…
There’s many a slip atwixt the bar room and the lecture hall
from my Substack archives: Cindy Phillips, Jul 11, 2025 The Bar Room and the Lecture Hall “It is always nice to see you,” Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to…
A SHOTGUN, A PREGNANT VIRGIN, AND WOMEN WITH BUCKETS
from my Substack archives: Cindy Phillips, 2 July 2025 Hyannis Port, Mass., July 2 (UPI) – President Kennedy mourned tonight the death of Ernest Hemingway, whom he called one of…
Blondie, Beedi, and our beloved Brothel Creeper-in-drag
from my Substack archives: 1 July 2025 It’s a nice day for music birthdays. There’s Jeff Wayne, turning 82 today, the guy who gave us the prophetic Jeff Wayne’s Musical…
How come I know Marla Maples, and holding on for 80 000 rabbits.
from my Substack archives: Perfect album for today, how come I know Marla Maples, and holding on for 80 000 rabbits. Cindy Phillips, June 30, 2025 The noise of post-Glastonbury…
SEGUE, SEGUE, SATURDAY
From my Substack archives: Segue Segue, SaturdayCindy Phillips, Jun 28, 2025 I love a slooooow segue; the learning is the aphrodisiac, and I type my own em dashes – because…