Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Miscellaneous Musing

  • Emissions

    There’s an article in the Globe today about two studies on consumer contributions to greenhouse gas emissions. I would have expected this kind of article to generate a little bullet list in a sidebar, of the 50 Things You Can Do To Save The Earth variety, but it didn’t. So, let’s make our own. The…

  • Earworms

    An earworm is a song that gets stuck in your head. It’s usually not a song you would choose to hear over and over again, but earworms are tough to shake. ‘Tis the season when earworms prosper – there’s something about holiday music. I usually come home from holiday shopping with an earworm and fa…

  • The Worshipful Company of Glovers

    This is an online collection of some stupendous examples of historical gloves. It’s a bit of a pig because it’s picture-heavy, but the gloves are worth waiting for. There are knitted ones and there are leather ones, embroidered ones and just plain beautiful ones. They’re dated, so it’s a good research source for you historical…

  • Feeling Nostalgic

    Mr. C. travelled and worked a great deal in Mexico, and every once in a while – often when it’s cold, dark and snowy here – he misses it. He had travelled there before, but when you work in a place, you see a different side of it. He loved the culture and the food…

  • Ooopsie

    Those of you browsing the internet instead of eating turkey – or prepping turkey dinner – may have noticed that my host was AWOL today. Evidently there were server problems, but we’re BAAAAAAAACK! Gotta love those tech dudes.