Mary McCray
@mary-mccray.bsky.social
Author of Cowboy Meditation Primer, Why Photographers Commit Suicide, Writing in the Age of Narcissism. Blogs as Cher Scholar.
My one act of care daily is cheese.
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My one act of care daily is cheese.
Sad, sad start to Hanukkah.
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A Feast of Lights
YouTube video by Seattle Girls Choir - Topic
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December 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Sad, sad start to Hanukkah.
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A postcard I sent my Dad years ago because it reminded me of summers in Roy, New Mexico. It's really a painting by NM painter Peter Hurd and probably from a scene near Roswell.
December 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A postcard I sent my Dad years ago because it reminded me of summers in Roy, New Mexico. It's really a painting by NM painter Peter Hurd and probably from a scene near Roswell.
For some reason this is my mother's favorite picture of us. But the boys look like corporate raiders from the 80s and I'm hiding braces.
December 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
For some reason this is my mother's favorite picture of us. But the boys look like corporate raiders from the 80s and I'm hiding braces.
There's a new potential member of the family and we are being made to watch copious amounts of Joe Bonamassa videos to explain who this guy is named after. 🎸
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
There's a new potential member of the family and we are being made to watch copious amounts of Joe Bonamassa videos to explain who this guy is named after. 🎸
Not holiday traveling among the holiday travelers. Riding light.
December 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Not holiday traveling among the holiday travelers. Riding light.
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold."
- Zelda Fitzgerald
- Zelda Fitzgerald
December 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold."
- Zelda Fitzgerald
- Zelda Fitzgerald
"We'd feel pretty silly trying to get them on the train, wouldn't we?"
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Meet Me In St. Louis | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Warner Classics
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Classics
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December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"We'd feel pretty silly trying to get them on the train, wouldn't we?"
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Reposted by Mary McCray
Today’s daily cartoon for @newyorker.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Today’s daily cartoon for @newyorker.com
Indiana! The state that made Missouri feel liberal.
HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
December 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Indiana! The state that made Missouri feel liberal.
Reposted by Mary McCray
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
#Cher Scholar: 2025 Cher Books
A review of "Style Codes Cher" and "I Got You Babe, A Celebration of Cher"
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A review of "Style Codes Cher" and "I Got You Babe, A Celebration of Cher"
cherscholar.com/cherblog/202...
December 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
#Cher Scholar: 2025 Cher Books
A review of "Style Codes Cher" and "I Got You Babe, A Celebration of Cher"
cherscholar.com/cherblog/202...
A review of "Style Codes Cher" and "I Got You Babe, A Celebration of Cher"
cherscholar.com/cherblog/202...
Sigh. Wish I had learned to ice skate.
Disclaimer: Cher will not be there!
Disclaimer: Cher will not be there!
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Sigh. Wish I had learned to ice skate.
Disclaimer: Cher will not be there!
Disclaimer: Cher will not be there!
"Like ecstasy and poetry, laughter collapses all meaning. We truly 'break up' with laughter...'die of laughter.'"
- Kathleen Rowe
- Kathleen Rowe
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"Like ecstasy and poetry, laughter collapses all meaning. We truly 'break up' with laughter...'die of laughter.'"
- Kathleen Rowe
- Kathleen Rowe
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December 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Probably the quote that best defines my ideas around what genius is:
"It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique."
- Conan O'Brien
"It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique."
- Conan O'Brien
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Probably the quote that best defines my ideas around what genius is:
"It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique."
- Conan O'Brien
"It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique."
- Conan O'Brien
"Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better."
-Samuel Beckett
-Samuel Beckett
December 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better."
-Samuel Beckett
-Samuel Beckett
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Edison
- Thomas Edison
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Edison
- Thomas Edison
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Arthur Schopenhauer
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Eeek! The Pasta Recipe! (kind-of)
And Cher talking about food for 40 minutes!
(from December 5, 2023)
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And Cher talking about food for 40 minutes!
(from December 5, 2023)
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Cher shares ‘Diva Pasta’ and stories with Meryl Streep and Nick Cage on Jessie Ware's Table Manners.
YouTube video by Cher Universe
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December 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Eeek! The Pasta Recipe! (kind-of)
And Cher talking about food for 40 minutes!
(from December 5, 2023)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQoc...
And Cher talking about food for 40 minutes!
(from December 5, 2023)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQoc...
#Cher Scholar: End of 2025 Catchup
Review of the Cher news at the end of 2025: new music, movie conversations with other fans, Cher books and TV.
cherscholar.com/cherblog/202...
Review of the Cher news at the end of 2025: new music, movie conversations with other fans, Cher books and TV.
cherscholar.com/cherblog/202...
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
#Cher Scholar: End of 2025 Catchup
Review of the Cher news at the end of 2025: new music, movie conversations with other fans, Cher books and TV.
cherscholar.com/cherblog/202...
Review of the Cher news at the end of 2025: new music, movie conversations with other fans, Cher books and TV.
cherscholar.com/cherblog/202...
I sure do like to see you happy.
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Happy
YouTube video by Amy Grant - Topic
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December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I sure do like to see you happy.
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No more tears. 🤞
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Cher - Christmas Is Here (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Cher
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December 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
No more tears. 🤞
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Cher's long-awaited single is here?? What rock have I been living under??
Sigh. I miss real news trying to crawl through all the fake news.
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Sigh. I miss real news trying to crawl through all the fake news.
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Cher Universe | Fan Account on Instagram: "🚨Cher has just released a teaser from her new Christmas single!! Stay tuned for more info soon. #Cher"
1,484 likes, 38 comments - tcher.universe on December 6, 2025: "🚨Cher has just released a teaser from her new Christmas single!! Stay tuned for more info soon. #Cher".
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December 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Cher's long-awaited single is here?? What rock have I been living under??
Sigh. I miss real news trying to crawl through all the fake news.
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Sigh. I miss real news trying to crawl through all the fake news.
www.instagram.com/reel/DR8QOEo...
Breakout book of the Difficult Book group, which recommends u see 7 Sidney Poitier movies 1st. Finished No Way Out (1950) tonight. Next is Band of Angels (57), The Defiant Ones (58), Lilies of the Field (63), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night (67) and Buck and the Preacher (72).
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Breakout book of the Difficult Book group, which recommends u see 7 Sidney Poitier movies 1st. Finished No Way Out (1950) tonight. Next is Band of Angels (57), The Defiant Ones (58), Lilies of the Field (63), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night (67) and Buck and the Preacher (72).