Last week was a loser in a literal sense. The first thing to mysteriously vanish was the sharpening sheath for my favorite small kitchen blade. Since the knife and the sheath never left the kitchen, it simply had to be… Read More ›
FOWC with Fandango — Late So spoke the March Hare and was the reason he had kept that big watch. It was supposed to keep him on time, but it didn’t seem to work for him. Back in the olden golden… Read More ›
FOTD – September 27 – Pretty Pansy, if it’s really a pansy The person in the shop said these were “fancy pansies.” I can’t look them up because there’s no listing for “fancy pansy,” and I have no idea if they… Read More ›
FOTD – September 26 – Fuchsia The fuchsia Owen nursed through last winter is just now, at the very end of the season, beginning to really flower. I don’t know if he will nurse it through another year. We shall see…. Read More ›
The Anti-Vaxxers, by Rich Paschall By now you have probably seen plenty of stories of anti-vaxxers who got the coronavirus and are now dead. Maybe you saw family members tearfully crying on the late-night news. They wished they had been… Read More ›
Today is a cooking day. Usually I complain about cooking. I’ve been cooking daily for close to 60 years. Recently Owen has taken over cooking for a couple of days a week — a huge help. Typically, I make simple… Read More ›
FLASHBACK FRIDAY – September 23, 2019 It’s two years later and the leaves haven’t even started to get serious about changing. Maybe they will soon. The weather is right, though it is warmer than it used to be. I suspect… Read More ›
FOTD – September 25 – More Mums Periodically, because I don’t have access to a lot of places where they grow flowers (wrong climate), I find myself taking pictures of one same item. Repeatedly. And they are just a little different… Read More ›
Fandango’s Provocative Question #136 This question clearly has dubious origins. If I was forced? Forced by whom? Is Trump at it AGAIN? Maybe it’s all because of the immigrants! That must be it. Immigrants. Dude. Were I for some obscure reason… Read More ›
CMMC – September needs an “O” in the middle of the word I feel like I’m being a lawyer when I ask, but “Where’s the middle?” when talking about a word that might be several syllables long. Does this mean any… Read More ›
CBWC: Half of Anything I took this first picture this morning while the coffee was brewing. I had forgotten that this challenge was waiting. Some part of my brain must have remembered because I decided this needed to be done in… Read More ›
FOTD – September 23 – Chrysanthemums I bought them a week ago. They were covered with buds, but no flowers were blooming. Since then, each day there have been more flowers. There are many more buds — and I bought a… Read More ›
This morning I read an article in National Geographic about the lockdown. It seems to have made the lives of at least some birds better, at least for this year. It turns out I was wrong about us having lost… Read More ›
I just finished reading the definitive biography of legendary film director, John Ford. It’s a wonderful read by Scott Eyman who specializes in biographies of Hollywood legends. “Pappy” Ford, of course, was the master of western films — from the… Read More ›
I used to play bridge and “no Trump” was a bid. It didn’t have any extra meanings. Just a bid. A strong no-trump was 16 to 19 points but in other systems, 13 to 18 were good too. Three no… Read More ›
Can you define a “split second? The answer: It’s the time it takes between the light changing from green to red and how long it takes the driver behind you to hit his or her horn. And now, the rest… Read More ›
Like so many other kids my age, my mother told me “China is on the other side of the world.” From this I understood if you stick a pin in the ground in New York (a very long pin), it… Read More ›
A Photo a Week Challenge: Focal Point My eyes are not good at close focusing anymore. Even with a magnifying glass, I really can’t see a lot of small text, especially the labeling on medications. I’m sure the people who design… Read More ›
SHARE YOUR WORLD (Squirrelly Style) 9-20-2021 However bizarre you find this information, it’s coming into fall again. The leaves are changing. It’s the early stages and it will be several weeks before it really begins to glow. Still, you can see… Read More ›
From the battleground, an update, by Rich Paschall Yes, there is more to the story! Update: Now, a mere few months later, the Badging Office realized a lot of people with badges are on furlough or working from home. In other… Read More ›
While I have never admired Eastwood’s politics, his movies range from very good to brilliant. He may be the last of the great old-time movie makers. In this HBO movie, the story is about aging and the decisions life asks… Read More ›
The Old Ball Team, by Rich Paschall When they started the monthly get-together it was almost 15 years earlier. There were a dozen of them then, and two of the “boys” had already retired. They had all known each other… Read More ›
Tragedy and farce: “Mister Roberts” and our misunderstanding of the WWII generation. One of the most beloved pieces of pop culture to come out of World War II has a tragic back-story connected to how we failed to understand the… Read More ›
1971 Edition, part two, by Rich Paschall We are glad to see you have returned to the “Admiral Halsey” gymnasium and auditorium for this week’s sock hop. “Maggie May” will be selling tickets if you did not get yours in… Read More ›
FOTD – September 19 – Rain Glorious Rain Of course, it doesn’t only rain on Wednesday. It also rains on Tuesday afternoons. It continues through all of Wednesday and finally quits sometime on Thursday. Or Friday. Or maybe it’s still raining…. Read More ›
Fandango’s Provocative Question #135: Abortion again There is absolutely no way I can even talk about this as if it doesn’t personally concern me, even though I’m at least 30 years past my time for worrying about pregnancy. I still remember… Read More ›
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a… Read More ›
FOTD – September 17 – Chrysanthemum Buds It has not bloomed yet, but it has been gray and rainy all week. If the sun comes out, I think we might yet have some very serious maroon and red Chrysanthemums.
The phone rang. The caller ID flashed, showing one of Boston’s two major newspapers. I figured it was the sales department. I handed the phone to Marilyn. I heard Marilyn respond “yes” several times and was puzzled. We didn’t need… Read More ›
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