Skip to content

Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees

Writing, Blogging and Books

  • Blog
  • Books by Ellie Presner
  • Friday Follies
  • IMHO
  • About Me
  • Contact Me

Poignant

For Mothers With a Quirky Sense of Humour – Happy Mother’s Day!

May 8, 2022May 8, 2022 ~ Ellie P. ~ 4 Comments

My hubby and I just heard this great old joke in the movie, Belfast. Super movie, by the way!

Continue reading →

A memorable quote…

April 16, 2022 ~ Ellie P. ~ 11 Comments
I came across this wonderful post on Quora.com – an interesting Q&A site (where the usual opinionated people can be found, just like on Twitter, only less pithy 😅).

Continue reading →

Gone

April 6, 2022 ~ Ellie P. ~ 9 Comments

The fragility of life.

Continue reading →

Bravery

March 20, 2022 ~ Ellie P. ~ 2 Comments

What unbelievable courage and determination!

Continue reading →

Ow!

December 25, 2021December 25, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 12 Comments

Ordinarily I’m not the type to complain. Much. But this is something new.

Continue reading →

Happy Halloween – 1955

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 4 Comments

Boo! Here’s another peek of my nostalgic Halloween look back!

Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees

Halloween in 1955 was easy!

View original post 138 more words

70s Kitsch

October 26, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 21 Comments

A talented fellow blogger, Luanne Castle, wrote a post about the 70s that jogged my memory. I went on a hunt through my ancient photos. (Hey, the 70s started 50 years ago! That’s a couple of generations!)

Continue reading →

Magic Tom

October 13, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 11 Comments

“Magic Tom” was the stage name for a popular magician, mainly active in Montreal during the 1950s. I had a teensy encounter with him, once. It left me very cynical where “magic” is concerned. (Well, except for Ouija boards, which I talked about here!)

Continue reading →

WWIC*

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 6 Comments

*WWIC is a new initialism – well, new to me, as I’ve just learned about it. It means, “Why Wasn’t I Consulted?”

Continue reading →

Hair… or There

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 11 Comments

Why was hair so important?

Continue reading →

Posts navigation

Previous

Find Me

  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

Great gifts just a click away

For readers among your friends and family, or for yourself!

Buy now!

What's Wrong With Me book cover with image of brain scan - by Ellie Presner
What’s Wrong With Me?! – My little medical saga has a nice dramatic arc to it: puzzling beginning, painful middle, and an ending that was a relief in more ways than one.

Surviving Hollywood North
Surviving Hollywood North – An irreverent memoir revealing how Ellie Presner wrangled insecure screenwriters, harried producers and directors, and eccentric actors in Montreal’s flourishing film business during the 1990s.

First Kiss and Other True Fiction
First Kiss and Other True Fiction – Evocative short pieces ranging from a little girl’s terror, to an older child’s disillusionment, to the glory (and confusion) of a budding adolescent’s first kiss… not without a dollop of humour.

How to be an (Almost) Perfect Parent
How to be an Almost Perfect Parent – Friendly illustrated advice from a former family support worker. Professionals – and parents – love it!

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,266 other followers

Categories

Top Posts & Pages

  • Creamed Peas and Mushroom Soup
  • Delicious Delis of Montreal
  • 600!
  • O Computer, how do I hate thee...
  • Laughter: The Universal Language – #164.2
  • 6 Million Did Not Die...
  • Sweet: How Jell-O ruined me for life
  • Laughter: The Universal Language – #51
  • Poems for Li’l Kids #6 – Things I Love and Hate
  • Light at the End of the Tunnel

Recent Posts

  • Are you a well-dressed woman?
  • The Locked Door
  • My Hospital Memoir – May, 2022
  • For Mothers With a Quirky Sense of Humour – Happy Mother’s Day!
  • What do *you* think?
  • A memorable quote…
  • Please, please, please…
  • Gone
  • Bravery
  • I’ll give it 10 more minutes

Archives

Blogs I Follow

Blog at WordPress.com.
somethinggrand

"And where did you learn the art of not lasting long?" "Here", you answered

roughwighting

Life in a flash - a weekly writing blog

The Germ Guy: Confessions of a Mercurial Microbiologist

bogeyandruby

Random stuff, reflections on the meaning of life and death, humour, self-deprecation, a bit of bad poetry.

WordPress.com News

The latest news on WordPress.com and the WordPress community.

Vignettes and Bagatelles

Read my mind. Little stories in a big universe.

brian nation: the hot dog palace never closes

Word Quilt

I don't sew, but I write -- patching together pieces of my life.

Dr. Eric Perry’s Self-Help Blog

Motivate | Inspire | Uplift

MagickMermaid

Day-Dreamer, Moon-Gazer, Confirmed Contrarian, Artist, Frustrated Cartoonist, Traveler, Perennial Fish Out of Water

Travel and Lifestyle with Bree

Travel - home and away and Chronic Illnesses

Morgan Hazelwood: Writer In Progress

Sharing Writing Tips (from the pros) & (my own) Writerly Musings

Jeremy Presner, Editor

Post Production for Film & Television

Ron's Country Musings

Life in the slow lane

ENIGMA IN BLACK

Coming From All Directions

Love Totsy Presents

Luanne Castle's Writer Site

Memoir, poetry, & writing theory

Mehrling Muse

Life in the mountains

Luke Atkins

Film, Music, and Television Critic

Object Relations

"A Word of Substance"

Larry Kahaner

Tripill Photography

Grammarian in the City

Snarky remarks on language I see and hear in New York City

Sandy McFadden

Family Man & Web Developer at Automattic

Eyestrain Productions

An unhealthy and unwarranted look into the twisted life and dubious career of Shane Simmons - dark writer, morbid historian, obsessive collector and sick mind

Kathryn Presner

Theme whisperer and professional cat cuddler

A Writer's Path

Sharing writing tips, information, and advice.

Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees
    • Join 1,266 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...