Day: 11/02/2013

CONFLICT AND CONCLUSION – THE BATTLE AT WHITINS POND

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/02/2013 • ( 14 )

This was swan territory. Many geese live nearby on other ponds and along the banks of the many rivers and streams of the Blackstone River watershed. But this pond belonged to the swans and the swans and the geese, like… Read More ›

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: BAD MOON RISING

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/02/2013 • ( 25 )

There’s a bad moon rising over there, over the boats sitting at anchor on a flat sea. As the sun goes down, that giant moon hovers over all … making man and beast think strange thoughts … very strange …… Read More ›

HE COULDN’T MASTER HIS JOHNSON*

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/02/2013 • ( 8 )

Eddie was a sad man. An impotent man. Wandering the alleys and grocery store aisles. Hopeless, lost. “I can’t get no satisfaction!” he cried to the empty skies. “Is there no hope?” Salty tears dribbled down his grizzled cheeks and… Read More ›

GEEKOGRAPHY: DOWN IN FLAMES WITH QUICKSAND AND ALLIGATORS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/02/2013 • ( 5 )

I’m pretty good with computers. I’m not an engineer, but I’m reasonably competent and not easily daunted. But, there comes a day for humility, when one finds oneself in the high-tech equivalent of quicksand. With grinning alligators on all sides…. Read More ›