Carla is: a bookdragon; a 50-something with psychology and counseling degrees with post-grad work in grief/loss/trauma, sex crimes, and forensic anthropology; a woman who has lived in three haunted houses; a former freelance journalist and counselor, who is never bored; a disabled introvert who sees connections everywhere--like John Nash, only less math-y; a knitting fidget who loves horror movies with a skewed passion. Like one of her heroes, Harriet the Spy, she wants to learn everything a ...
All you need is a 2048 Cupcakes and some good old logic to try and stop the cakes from aligning! Collect as many cupcake pixel as you can, but they can't be placed on top of each other. Get ready for hours of mind melting fun - And if that isn't enough, we've teamed up with Pixlr to offer 5 free years worth of photo editing tools.
Everyone should be able to eat cake! That's my belief. I'm Katie and I run the cake shop Kakes and Bakes in Leeds Kirkgate Market. In this podcast we discuss my journey to get here, whats next, and maybe somewhat unsurprisingly, cake.
A podcast for positive people who want to learn a little something, share their art/stories, promote their passions, laugh a little, and find out about some really great artists, musicians, and other positive beings. https://www.facebook.com/TrippieCupcakesPodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/trippiecupcakespodcast/ trippiecupcakespodcast@gmail.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgeWUq4awt1BJsBOKUoMRsw Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trippiecupcakespodcast/support
Someone has to tell the truth about what new motherhood is really like, and not the perfect cookie-cutter version either. I spent a long time looking for a podcast that tells it like it is; the nitty gritty ups and downs of figuring out how to be a mom. I couldn't quite find one, so I decided to start my own. Welcome to Chaos and Cupcakes, the podcast where we discuss what being a mom is REALLY like. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaosandcupcakes/support
We are here to help you develop best practices for building great client/customer relationships. Hosted by John & Angel Ondo with their decades of marketing and customer service experience. John & Angel Ondo. John is a four-time Emmy award-winning TV/Film Producer. Angel leads customer service teams during the day and runs a home-based cupcake business on the weekends. On each episode we discuss Branding, Marketing, Media Ideas and we always throw in a food recipe or tip, because food is abo ...
In which Carla and her co-author and friend Robert Ford have fun and find cupcakes. Hope you do as well. Video version to follow shortly. Uninterrupted by ads on all feeds. List of Bob's works robertfordauthor.com: Instagram, Bluesky Rattlesnake Kisses (Knucklebucket) by Bob Ford and John Boden Cattywampus (Knucklebucket) by Bob Ford and John Boden…
In which Carla reenters the…why is it a house of leaves? Preorder Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781524747718 Sources and references: The House of Leaves universe: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, Spotify The Little Blue Kite by Mark…
In which Carla goes deeper into the Five and a Half Hallway and The Three Attic Whalestoe Letters of the House of Leaves novel (fourth and fifth episodes in the series). Remember, Mother loves you. The House of Leaves universe: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, Spotify D…
In which Carla continues to explore the Navidson Record of House of Leaves, so that we may go deeper. Further down and further in. This is the third glow stick we have popped; we have two more, and much more darkness. The House of Leaves universe: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves Poe’s album “Haunte…
Are you joining a new lolita community? Do you want to put your best foot forward as you continue your personal growth journey? Join Grace in this episode as she shares her insights for navigating the new group to enable yourself to give your best impression.Today, I'm beginning the erratic upload schedule era! Contact Grace: gracemakeslace.com…
In which Carla recaps the second episode (Ergodic) in the series on the universe of the horror novel House of Leaves, so that we may go deeper. Further down and further in, cupcakes. This is the only map we have. The House of Leaves universe: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves Poe’s album “Haunted”: A…
Recap of the first episode in the series on the universe of the horror novel House of Leaves, so that we may go deeper. Further down and further in. The House of Leaves universe: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, Spotify, Amazon Demented domiciles: the term I coined for …
In which Carla returns to the haunted English coastline for Victorian Christmas ghost stories. Source: Strange Stories of Ghosts and Coincidence, ed. Arthur Conan Doyle https://archive.org/details/doyle-arthur-conan-et-al.-strange-stories-of-coincidence-and-ghostly-adventure-george-redway-1891 Contents: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?369419 A…
In which Carla expands a horror movie project that began as a challenge from her best friend: what high-quality horror movies don't have gore? Originally broadcast November 9, 2021 How to Support Cupcakes: Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Substack: http://theremightbecupcakes.substack.com Patreon: https://ww…
In which Carla expands a horror movie project that began as a challenge from her best friend: what high-quality horror movies don't have gore? Originally broadcast July 2, 2017 How to Support Cupcakes: Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Substack: http://theremightbecupcakes.substack.com Patreon: https://www.pa…
In which Carla looks back over ten years of disability. plus: From the Pantry, originally episode 12, to honor what is missed: Driving, Dancing, and Pizza Hut Loop earplugs: loopearplugs.com will redirect you to your local site Recommended and referenced reading: Bob Ford: official website: http://robertfordauthor.com, YouTube: Youtube Channel, Goo…
Talking about where I have been, plus: From the Pantry, originally episode 19, to honor the recent eclipse: In which Carla starts with Dolores Claiborne and Gerald's Game--Stephen King's planned In the Path of the Eclipse series—and explores folktales used to explain solar eclipses. It gets weird. Recommended and referenced reading: Dolores Claibor…
In which Carla celebrates the Twelve Days of Christmas by connecting M. R. James to Ash’s chainsaw. M. R. James adaptations listed at Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/jwlZ Adaptations of this story: 1956: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-whistle-and-ill-come-to-you-1956-online only for those in the UK, or those using a VPN (BFI’s words, not min…
Happy anniversary to all of us! Thank you for six years of cupcakes; you are the cupcakes I find on difficult days. I hope I have given you some. Show notes: In which Carla and Princess Jones Curtis from the Bye, Pumkin Podcast talk about being mysteriously early readers, the effect V. C. Andrews had on (mostly) the women of their generation, Paper…
Show notes: In which Carla tells the fairy tale within Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. Sources: “The Fisherman and His Wife”, from Grimm, Wilhelm; Grimm, Jacob. The Complete Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9789176374559 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780156907392 To join a F…
Show notes: In which Carla updates the story of episode 21, Nine Days and Two Car Seats, which tells the story of the murder of Michael and Alex Smith, and updates what their murderer, her mother, Susan Smith, has been up to in the time since the murder. Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with per…
In which Carla shares lots of good news, and reads more Victorian horror for the holidays. Sources and Recommended Reading: The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories (pp. 117-123) https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781943910564 Ada Buisson on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18335715.Ada_Buisson Belgravia catalog archive: h…
In which Carla explores the kerfuffle behind The Little Mermaid. Original story by Hans Christian Andersen begins at 19:22 Recommended Reading: Haunted Waters by Mary Pope Osborne https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780763629953 Disney: The Little Mermaid: The Film Script https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781645171522 The Little Mermaid: The Classic Edition ht…
In which Carla discusses the current eating disorder drama and pain in reality tv, her history with an eating disorder, and revisits her interview with Eli Sirota for National Eating Disorders Week. Suggested reading material: Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780142415573 The Best Little Girl in the World, by Steve…
In which Carla revisits her first episode and updates it, to celebrate five years of podcasting. Guest visit: Bye, Pumkin Podcast: Surlesque and Lisa’s Angels: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bye-pumkin-936759/episodes/surlesque-and-lisas-angels-142924068 Greg Behrendt is Uncool: “There Might Be Cake”: https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/there-…
In which Carla goes deeper into the Five and a Half Hallway and The Three Attic Whalestoe Letters of the House of Leaves novel (fifth episode in the series). Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission The House of Leaves universe: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org…