Friday, October 28, 2022

On Witches and Weed

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It's Halloween/Samhain season, and witchy images are everywhere, part of a centuries-long denigration of wise women and the powerful pla...
Sunday, October 23, 2022

Jackie Kennedy and Mahjoun in Morocco

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A new book by secret service agent Clint Hill, My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy , describes a night when—while First Lady of the US—Jackie Kenne...
Sunday, October 16, 2022

Weed Gummies on "The Kardashians" and Bong Hits on "The White Lotus"

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New TV shows are featuring females using cannabis.  In Episode 3 of Season 2 of "The Kardashians" on Hulu, Mama Bear Kris goes sh...
Saturday, September 17, 2022

How Lauren Bacall Lit the "Joint" that Humphrey Bogarted

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Lauren Bacall 's birthday this week got me thinking about my theory that the famous line "Don't Bogart that Joint" came fr...
Thursday, September 8, 2022

Long Live King Charles and His Environmentalist / Pro-Pot Stances?

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More news from the UK: just after the country's second female Prime Minister took office , Queen Elizabeth has died after 70 years of he...
Tuesday, September 6, 2022

New UK PM Liz Truss U-Turned on Marijuana

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UPDATE 10/20: Truss has announced she will resign her post. Boris Johnson is expected to stand in the Tory leadership contest to replace hi...
Thursday, September 1, 2022

The "Bebop Baroness" Who Took a Pot Rap for Thelonious Monk

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Baroness Pannonica "Nica" Rothschild was born in 1913 into one of the wealthiest families in the world. In 1935 she married a Fren...