Handmade Tales – Automation has made it possible to produce so many objects — from bread to shoes — without the intervention of human hands (assuming that pressing a button doesn’t count). What things do you still prefer in their traditional,… Read More ›
Month: July 2014
A MEDIEVAL-STYLE GARDEN
Flowers from a local garden built to resemble a medieval garden, divided into sections by gravel pathways. It has a stone wall around it, low enough to easily step over or sit on it, like a bench. It has a small stone fountain in the… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD, WEEK 30 — ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH
Share Your World – 2014 Week 30 List 2 things you have to be happy about. Against all odds and despite one of the world’s epic runs of bad luck, we’re still here. And we look pretty good. I wouldn’t have put… Read More ›
STILL HERE, STILL BREATHING
190 Days Later – Back on January 21st, we asked you to predict what day #211 would be like. Well, July 30th is that day — how have your predictions held up so far? If you didn’t reply to the prompt… Read More ›
SING A SONG OF HARVEST HOME
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Earth or the Harvest Season I do so love the autumn. From the crisp smell in the air, to the amber color of the sun, to the huge harvest moon as it hangs over us. I wait… Read More ›
REVISIONIST HISTORY AND RACISM – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond by Scott Allen Nollen As big a fan of these three men as I am, there is a level of revisionist history that is impossible for me to accept. I had… Read More ›
TIME WHORES AND THEIR DAMNED GAMES
Back to Life – After an especially long and exhausting drive or flight, a grueling week at work, or a mind-numbing exam period — what’s the one thing you do to feel human again? It’s all the fault of the damned Chrono-Guard…. Read More ›
ODDBALL PHOTOS, WEEK 22 — COUNTRY HOUSE PHOTOS
CEE’S ODDBALL PHOTOS, WEEK 22 At a party, almost over. A good party. Old friends, not seen in a long time. It’s a little disconcerting because everyone seems surprised I’m alive … or maybe that I look reasonably normal. I’m… Read More ›
A MAGICAL WALK IN A WOODS
The Ray Bradbury Noun List Twist My list? A shiny scroll, vacuum taffy, a cake, a tool box, armor, a rainbow turtle, a bottle, a bottle of Allergone, a laser. I shall use the first seven of these nine items, with modifying adjectives… Read More ›
A HUNDRED YEARS OF WAR
August 4th, 2014 was the centennial of the first day of battle of World War One. Although war had been declared a week earlier (28 July 1914), the 4th of August was the day on which troops clashed and men died. Millions more would die… Read More ›
WHITE HYDRANGEA AND MAYBE PINK CRAPE MYRTLE ??
White flowers are always a challenge for me. When these snow-white Hydrangea threw down the gauntlet, I fought back with my Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS-25. Maybe I’ve finally got it? It turned out the Crape Myrtle was even more of a challenge…. Read More ›
CYNICAL ECCENTRICITY: THEY WILL THANK US SOMEDAY
Originally posted on SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH:
DAILY PROMPT: QUIRK OF HABIT Cultivating Eccentricity by Alienorajt Cultivating an air (or even a full-blown hurricane) of eccentricity should be absolutely de rigueur, in my opinion – especially in those of…
WHICH NUMBER IS AGE?
Age Old Question — “Age is just a number,” says the well-worn adage. But is it a number you care about, or one you tend (or try) to ignore? Are you serious or just young? Because no one over 65 would posit… Read More ›
THE LAST CHINESE LILY
I planted a lot of them. In yellow, scarlet, orange, purple. After several bad winters and a few years of partial neglect, followed by complete neglect, there is exactly one Chinese lily remaining. it is deep pink. And obviously very… Read More ›
AMERICA – Rich Paschall
A view from Chicago, the band Chicago has been around a long time. No, I don’t mean the city, I mean the band. In 1967, five guys from DePaul University recruited a sixth from Roosevelt University and started a band known as The Big… Read More ›
AND MILES TO GO BEFORE WE SLEEP
Road Tripping — ‘Tis the season for road trips — if time and money were out of the equation, what car-based adventure would you go on? (If you don’t or can’t drive, any land-based journey counts.) We’re a road tripping sort… Read More ›
SUM-SUM-SUMMERTIME
Summer Lovin’ – Weekly Photo Challenge Show us something you love. It could be your favorite novel, the light of the moon on your deck at night, the beach on a hot day, or that special you-know-who. Get creative! There… Read More ›
MYSTERY ENDING — DROPPING THE OTHER SHOE
MYSTERY ENDING – WEEKLY WRITING CHALLENGE – This weekly writing challenge focuses on the “weekly” part — start your post today, and build on it for the next four before publishing. Who knows where you’ll end up? I promise, if there are developments, I’ll add them…. Read More ›
THROUGH FAIR AND FOUL
On Bees and Efs I’ve had the same best friend for more than 40 years. I hope we live forever, so we can always be friends. She’s the one who knows me. She makes the sun shine for me. I know her…. Read More ›
GRASS WITH FLOWERS
In between the flowers, they planted decorative grass. It’s elegant, soft. Sensual. All taken at the Dana-Farber hospital in Milford using my Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS-25.
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