We were on Fireside, WMEX in Quincy, Massachusetts. Hosted by Jim Callahan and his beautiful (in every way) wife, producer, and co-host Nancy, we had a great time. Lots of laughter. Garry had the opportunity to tell a whole bunch of… Read More ›
Month: May 2015
CIRCLE OF LIFE – PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE
A Photo a Week: The Circle of Life
ALL-AMERICAN BOY – RICH PASCHALL
Steve Grand music, Rich Paschall What do you think of when someone uses the term “All-American Boy?” You may immediately think of someone who is quite handsome. He may be “clean-cut” and “wholesome” looking, that is to say he is… Read More ›
TRAINS
ON THE WAY – WEEKLY PHOTO PROMPT My son took these pictures on a slow, rainy train journey through the swamps and woods of the Blackstone Valley. They have lain here, in my files, waiting for a time to properly present… Read More ›
PORTRAITS OF MY OLD MAN – BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE
CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE: A NEW PHOTO This week’s topic is “Take a New Photo.” You can use any photo you’ve taken in the past week or two, if you can’t get out and get new photographs today…. Read More ›
CHILDHOOD REVISITED?
No, thank you. Not going there. Please check out my Medicare post and my review of Double Mint by Gretchen Archer.
DOUBLE MINT – GRETCHEN ARCHER – AVAILABLE JULY 21st!
I have loved everything Gretchen Archer has written, from her first book “Double Whammy,” to this latest, greatest entry into the Davis Way caper novels. Davis is growing into herself. Still madcap, but madcap in a Sherlock Holmesian way. She knows… Read More ›
MEDICARE TO SENIORS: WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE?
If you’re on Medicare, that’s the message you’re getting. Out-of-pocket costs of Medicare have been going up annually, with ever-higher deductibles and premiums and a massive doughnut hole in prescription coverage that like the energizer bunny just keeps going and going and… Read More ›
ENIGMATIC WOMAN OF MYSTERY
A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma Everybody knows everything they need to know about me. If you don’t know it, either there’s nothing to know, or if I tell you, I’ll have to kill you.
ORDINARY WAYS
CEE’S WHICH WAY CHALLENGE: 2015 WEEK #21 Welcome everyone to Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. This challenge’s subject is the roads, walks, trails, rails, by which we move from place to place. You can walk them, climb them, drive them,… Read More ›
ABOVE AND THROUGH – PERSPECTIVE
CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE: PERSPECTIVE (UNUSUAL ANGLE OR POINT OF VIEW)
BIRDS, HANDS, AND BUSHES
Racket had gotten out of his cage. Nothing unusual about that, except that usually when I let him loose, I’d make sure to put away anything I cared about to avoid having Racket destroy it. It was futile but I… Read More ›
ALL OUR YESTERDAY’S
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, 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 ›
SERENDIPITY PHOTO PROMPT 2015-7 – HANDS
SERENDIPITY PHOTO STORY PROMPT WEDNESDAY – 2015 #7 Welcome, again, to Frisbee Wednesday. Today we celebrate … Hump Day, or Middle-Of-The-Week. On this day absolutely ordinary day, we write something about a picture. Or think about it doing it. My picture,… Read More ›
BICYCLES AND THE ZEN OF PHOTOGRAPHY – GARRY ARMSTRONG
As HEDley Lamarr once said, “My mind was a raging torrent,” as I saw the bicycle and the folks settled in front. They were dipping their toes in the lake on a warm, sunny day. Actually, I was thinking of… Read More ›
A RUN-OF-THE-MILL NIGHTMARE
Timely prompt since I woke up to a nightmare this very morning. I had just graduated college or something like it. I had a sister (not my real sister) and another sister/brother — he/she kept switching back and forth which,… Read More ›
STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL OR MERELY STRANGE?
CEE’S ODD BALL PHOTO CHALLENGE: 2015 WEEK #21 Odd Ball Photos are those great photos that you take which really don’t seem to fit into a common category. We’ve all taken them and like them, because we just can’t hit… Read More ›
BARGAIN HUNTING – THE SPORT
I have acquired a lot of sweaters over the years. This is New England. Winters are long. Heat is expensive. Sweaters fill the gap. This morning I noticed more than half my sweaters are purple. I’ve got a few in black, a couple in… Read More ›
OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR
Directed by Richard Attenborough We watch it every year on Memorial Day, the best movie ever made about ‘the war to end war.’ It was just as good this year — in the same funny, awful way — as it was… Read More ›
THREE FRIENDS WALK INTO A BAR
Three friends walk into a bar. (Ouch) You’d think one of them would have noticed it. WordPress is just seething with imagination today!
THESE HONORED DEAD
The cemetery is in the center of the town, across from the dam and just a hundred or so yards from the river itself. It’s up on a hill, so it never floods, even when the rivers rush over their… Read More ›
MEMORIAL DAY 2015 – REMEMBERING
Memorial Day Memorial Day (formerly Decoration Day) is observed on the last Monday of May. It commemorates the men and women who died in military service. In observance of the holiday, many people visit cemeteries and memorials, and volunteers place… Read More ›
BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: STRONGHOLD IN BOSTON
Black & White Sunday: Stronghold According to the Learner’s Dictionary STRONGHOLD is: 1 : an area where most people have the same beliefs, values, etc.: an area dominated by a particular group The area/district/state is a Republican stronghold. 2 : a protected place… Read More ›
HANGING WITH OLD FRIENDS – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Friendship is something you treasure more and more as the years go by and you realize the clock is ticking on your mortality. I used to have numerous friends during my working years. But when they finally turned the TV news… Read More ›
