Day: 05/03/2014

CAN YOU HEAR ME? ARE YOU THERE?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/03/2014 • ( 25 )

Going obsolete – or maybe going backwards. I miss telephones on which you could be sure you had a connection that wouldn’t drop randomly and on which you could actually hear what someone said to you and know they could… Read More ›

OBSOLETE? I THINK YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT ME!

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/03/2014 • ( 35 )

Going Obsolete Of the technologies that have become extinct in your lifetime, which do you miss most? I was declared obsolete about 6 years ago. I had been getting progressively less relevant for quite a while, but after the dot coms went down… Read More ›

SPRING HAS SPRUNG! BOING, BOING!

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/03/2014 • ( 19 )

Spring! Just when I was ready to give up … This morning the sun came out. Two tulips actually bloomed and the Mayflowers are all over the grounds. Ours are blue, but they sometimes are pink or white. They grow… Read More ›

SEEKING LIGHT

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/03/2014 • ( 17 )

To say I’ve spent the better part of a lifetime chasing the light sounds philosophical. Perhaps, on some level, it is because I’ve done my share of looking for truth. Occasionally, I’ve even found a bit of it. More often, I’ve been… Read More ›

INHERIT THE WIND AND THE SCOPES TRIAL

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/03/2014 • ( 32 )

The Scopes Trial, officially The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and typically referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was a famous trial in 1925. In it, a substitute high school teacher — John Scopes — was accused of violating Tennessee’s Butler Act, which… Read More ›