Day: 08/02/2013

Weekly Photo Challenge: Gathering Clouds

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/02/2013 • ( 16 )

The clouds move in and the rain will follow. Until drops fall, there’s beauty to the dark of an oncoming storm. A sense of expectation. Maybe it’s the ozone in the air, the crackle of unexploded lightning. The river flows,… Read More ›

Daily Prompt: Origin Story — Goal Free and Destination Unknown

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/02/2013 • ( 25 )

I started blogging because it was Thursday or Tuesday … or maybe Monday and I didn’t have any reason not to. I didn’t have anything specific in mind and I had no plans. I felt like writing and since I’ve… Read More ›

Working the health system — Survival in modern America

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/02/2013 • ( 23 )

At a certain point, no matter how awful the latest crisis is, I emerge from my stupor and decide I need to do something. Although I recognize that I am not the arbiter of life and death, I simultaneously recognize… Read More ›

Weekly Writing Challenge: Reel Talk – My Favorite Year: A Favorite Movie

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/02/2013 • ( 4 )

It’s laugh-out-loud funny. Great performances. Definitely see it. This is a wonderful, nostalgic, hilarious movie based on the “kids” who wrote the material for the “Show of Shows”, a live comedy show starring the great Sid Caesar. Among the many writers to… Read More ›

At the Dam

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/02/2013 • ( 4 )

American Mythology

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/02/2013 • ( 6 )

Every nation revises history. They leave out the bad bits — slaughters of the innocent, unjust wars against minorities and civilians. They invent heroes, turn defeats into victories. American history is no different. It’s relatively easy to make our history… Read More ›