Books, Horror, True Crime, Paranormal, Personal Stories, DIY, Writing & Whimsy
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Quote I referred to in the Instagram description:
We are all just walking each other home.
—Rumi
Recommended reading:
Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair by Anne Lamott
Prozac Diary by Lauren Slater
my Goodreads chronic illness bookshelf (to be read and read)
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All books have been added to the podcast’s Goodreads bookshelf.
Susan’s extremely peculiar, calm, and seemingly cheerful confession note:
Findagrave: Alexander Tyler Smith (1993-1994)
Findagrave: Michael Daniel Smith (1991-1994)
Susan Smith: Child Killer full length documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JLz37EAAow
American Justice episode
Tommy Pope. prosecutor, speaks out 20 years later
Steve Harvey:
Hi, I’m Carla. I’m a 47-year-old disabled writer. I live on a mountain in the Appalachian range, in the section known as the Blue Ridge in the state of Virginia, right on the edge of the George Washington National Forest. The latter makes the Missing 411 phenomenon extra spooky.
The official (read: written by me, I’m the only one here) podcast description for There Might Be Cupcakes gives a lot of information about my shenanigans here:
Carla is: a bookdrunkard, a 40-something with psychology and counseling degrees with post-grad work in grief/loss/trauma, sex crimes, and forensic anthropology.
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 and write in all down (more likely than not in her bullet journal).
Join her (and sometimes her friends) in her strange library as she INFJs everything from unused angles.
It’s going to get weird in the best way. Let’s play.
I try to release episodes about once a week; I release right now as my health allows. I post a website entry for each episode, with more information, photographs, and suggested reading for that particular episode, and the available stream and downloadable MP3 for that episode. I will post additional posts from my Instagram, my Pinterest, and from anything topical that catches my interest and I think might interest you throughout each week.
All website entries
My disabilities are Ehlers-Danlos, Hypermobility Type, POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), and fibromyalgia. Basically, the collagen in all twelve systems of my body is damaged, everything hurts all the time, and my blood pressure is not stable with a sudden change in posture (hard sneeze, laughing, standing up). My body is my frenemy.
from this site: the feed of the Podcast Episodes category
My friend, Greg Behrendt, has a comedy routine about how he would do unpleasant things for cake, and that anywhere you go, there might be cake. Well, cupcakes are all that and more: portable, equal, fancier…and so much more. The title represents sharing, hope, whimsy…and here’s Greg’s routine. Enjoy, and always remember there might be cupcakes.
Easy peasy: carla@nulltheremightbecupcakes.com
Ask me a question or suggest a book or topic.
Carla Hufstedler
1137 Little Piney Road
Roseland, VA 22967
Google Voice, to speak with me directly or to record a nice message to be played on the podcast: 434-214-0873
And thank you immensely, just for listening and visiting! I love my listeners, every one. Just your lending me your ears every week makes me so very happy, more than I can express
The most courageous is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
–Coco Chanel
All books, as usual, added to the podcast’s bookshelf on Goodreads.
The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons From the World’s Most Elegant Woman by Karen Karbo
To Kill a Mockingbird: novel and movie
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
The Great Gatsby: novel, movie (1974)–Robert Redford, Bruce Dern, and Mia Farrow and movie (2013)–Leonardo diCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan –both recommended by me
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (novel by Fannie Flagg) and Fried Green Tomatoes (movie with the Kathy Bates! Yay!) and the splendiferous Fannie Flagg’s Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
He’d Just Not That Into You: The No- Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken by Greg Behrendt and Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt
It’s Just a Fucking Date by Greg Behrendt and Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt
Greg’s comedy: Greg Behrendt is That Guy From That Thing and Greg Behrendt Is Uncool
Part 1: the movie briefcasePatton Oswalt‘s book: Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life From an Addiction to Film
The Godfather (1972) …also from a novel, naturally
Movies from my childhood in episode:
Star Wars (1977)
The Rescuers (1977) …also from a novel
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Pete’s Dragon (1977)
Superman II (1980)
Herbie marathon: The Love Bug (1968), Herbie Rides Again (1974), Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
My books to movie list from this episode, in order:
Tie for 1. The Exorcist, The Silence of the Lambs, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
4. The Dead Zone
5. Harriet the Spy
6. Frankenstein
7. Little Women
8. Hamlet
9. Interview with the Vampire
10. Dracula
special mention. Bridge to Terabithia
…and their best adaption to film, in my opinion (if given a choice):
…and don’t forget Scream (your girl’s been making it rain popcorn since 1996) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 original) (bound in a nutshell and made a king of infinite space)
In which Carla explains why eccentric doesn’t equal crazy, that horror poetry is a thing, and cupcakes are linked to better mental health. And books. So many books.
Believe only of what you see, and nothing of what you hear.
Annabel Lee
By Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;–
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
She was a child and I was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingéd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud by night
chilling my Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me:—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud, chilling
And killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:–
For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea. (original manuscript says “by the side of the sea”)
text of Virginia Clemm Poe’s acrostic Valentine :
Ever with thee I wish to roam–
Dearest my life is thine.
Give me a cottage for my home
And a rich old cypress vine
Removed from the world with its sin and care
And the tattling of many tongues.
Love alone shall guide us when we are there–
Love shall heal my weakened lungs;
And Oh, the tranquil hours we’ll spend,
Never wishing that others may see!
Perfect ease we’ll enjoy without thinking to lend
Ourselves to the world and its glee–
Ever peaceful and blissful we’ll be.
Saturday February 14, 1846.
Harold Schechter: Edgar Allan Poe Mysteries series order
more info on the Myers-Briggs, the INFJ (me) and the INFP (Poe)–take the test yourself at 16personalities.com
Book Riot: The Myers-Briggs Types of 101 Famous Authors (caveat: according to Book Riot)
And who is that John Nash guy with all the connections? I’m glad you asked: book, movie (everything’s connected)
The Dollop’s website, for which I write: thedollop.net — thedollop.net/tag/Poe
Podcast recommendations (tell ’em I sent you):
Edith Wharton’s spot-on take on the horrors of social drama and vicious gossip: The Age of Innocence (movie). Nailed the dismount.
Presidents during their lives:
at Edgar’s birth, until March 4, 1809: Thomas Jefferson; then James Madison
at Virginia’s birth, 1822: James Monroe
at Virginia’s death, 1847: James K. Polk
at Edgar’s death, 1849: Zachary Taylor
I always had this (erroneous, I see) picture in my head of Lincoln‘s being president during Edgar’s adult writing career. Hrm. Cognitive dissonance and reframing in brain occurring…now.
Full list of presidents from period of January 19, 1809 (Edgar’s birth) to October 7, 1849 (Edgar’s death)/(presidents in office during both Edgar and Virginia’s (1822–1847) lives in italics):
The first (and second) presidents ever to die in office! Imagine awakening to that newspaper. How earthshaking. Whoops, um, President Harrison has died after 30 days in office. Yeah, we don’t know to act, either, beyond inaugurating the vice president. AWKward. Stay tuned.
Harrison was also the last US president to be born a British subject on American soil (Charles City, Virginia); so, when his VP, John Tyler was elected, he was the first American-born citizen to be inaugurated as president. Yes, that means that James K. Polk was the first American citizen to be elected president. If you win at trivia thanks to me, give my podcast a shoutout, and let me know, hey?
Wars during this period:
War of 1812 (1812–1815)
Mexican War (1846–1848)
States ratified during Edgar’s life: 13 (the 5 states that joined the Union during Virginia’s life are in italics):
Think about it! 13 states became part of the United States during Poe’s lifetime! That’s not a casual hey-how-you-doing, now-you-belong-to-the-neighborhood-watch-committee thing. Edgar went to bed 13 times to awaken to newsies shouting about an entirely new state moving in next door. Make friends, because Arkansas just moved in and is never leaving. Enjoy your coffee; we’re 25 states now, not 24, don’t get it twisted. Welcome to the future.
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–The Tin Man to the Scarecrow, The Wizard of Oz
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