How come I know Marla Maples, and holding on for 80 000 rabbits.
cindyphillips 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…
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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…
So long, WordPress, hello, Substack (for a while…)
I’ll be back soon, writing regularly on everything from history and culture to the odd bit of kitchen-sink philosophy. Need a distraction from the news? Yesterday’s piece covered the perfect…
Doughnuts and Dreams: Of Presidents, Pastries, and Presley’s Private Pain
Today's post unwraps a curious blend of faith, folklore, and that feeling of being just a little bit too clever for your own good. Featuring literary gossip, a nod to…
You’re So Vain, You Probably Think This Blog Is About Pigs
My birthday calendar says we’ve got Orwell and Carly Simon on the same day? That’s literary-political sass and 70s self-aware sparkle rolled into one. Delicious! “All animals are equal, but…
Ray Davies, Jean-Paul Sartre, and the Solstice
Today’s Brew: Existentialism, English pop, and a shared birthday June 21st isn’t just the solstice. It also happens to be the birthday of two men who couldn’t have looked more…
ROTTERDAM IS ANYWHERE ALONE
Aesop’s Fables, The World’s Best Known Collection Of Morality Tales (circa 260 BC), provides the first instance of the caution ‘Be careful what you wish for’. I thought of this…
LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION
Have you thought about what kind of “senior living community” you want to die in? Godawful phrase that, innit, Senior Living? For most of my peers it is a perpetual…
EFFUSIVELY AFFLUENT FROM FRIENDSHIPS
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” Anais Nin…
CAN WE UNRAVEL THE BAMBOOZLE?
We’ve got ourselves a new cabinet, a brand new South African government; anything could happen. It’s all subjunctive, it’s all ‘what if this happens’, or ‘why didn’t they…’, that’s what…