CEE’S WHICH WAY PHOTO CHALLENGE
Month: June 2017
BONNIE AND GIBBS AT PETSMART
We had to take the dogs and go somewhere for a couple of hours this afternoon. The exterminators were exterminating and all life forms with four or fewer feet had to leave. And stay gone for at least two hours. It… Read More ›
THE UNUSUAL WAY MY MOM MET HER HUSBANDS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My mother had two husbands, both of whom she adored. She was also widowed twice – once at the age of 29 and once at the age of 64. Both her husbands were doctors. Both her husbands were much older… Read More ›
THINGS WORTH FIGHTING FOR
I read a post about health care in which the entire comment column was made up of people fighting tooth and nail to get rid of health care. Most of the writers were obviously not well-educated people. That’s another way… Read More ›
HANDS, PAWS, FEET, AND FLAPPERS
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Hands, Feet, or Paws
I WAS BROUGHT UP ON A LIE – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My mother was very clear about the kind of person she wanted me to grow up to be. She wanted me to have all the ‘good’ qualities she felt she possessed. The list is long. I was to be kind,… Read More ›
MAGNETO THE MAGNIFICENT!
When I look in the mirror, this is what I really see! It’s good to be a super hero. It’s good to want to be a superhero. It’s good to wear a purple cape with your red tights. Just call… Read More ›
DAY’S END
THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: OVER
MOM WAS RIGHT
My mother was not a regular kind of mom. This confused me a lot while I was growing up. Other mothers made cookies, kissed boo-boos. Hung out with the other mothers in summertime. Swapped recipes. Watched soap operas. My mother didn’t bake… Read More ›
OLD NUMBER TWO – THE FIRE ENGINE WHO COULD AND DID!
PHOTOS OF OLD NUMBER TWO – THE FIRE ENGINE THAT COULD AND DID! Photos by Marilyn and Garry Armstrong Number Two started life in Milton and has moved around some. It finally, when it no long was able to do… Read More ›
IT’S A SUNNY DAY AND WE’RE GOING TO ORDER A DOOR
The sun is shining and today is door shopping day! It was pouring last night, but they promised a sunny day today and for once, they delivered. It’s bright and beautiful out there and in a few minutes, my son… Read More ›
FURNITURE!
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Furniture, Tables, Chairs, Sofa, etc.
THIS WHEEL GOES “ROUND AND ROUND”
The wheel of meanness, bad manners, incivility, and cruelty just keeps rolling. Here’s an example: “If you don’t approve of my having my dog in my bed, too bad. The dog lives here and you don’t.” On the surface, sounds… Read More ›
MONEY IS MORE PERSONAL THAN SEX
How many times have you heard someone say “It’s just money,” as if money is no more than a way to pay for “stuff” and has no other value to us. We all know it isn’t “just money.” It’s much more than… Read More ›
THE FIRST CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR – BY ELLIN CURLEY
This is one of the funnier old family stories. My family believes that it documents the first time being a conscientious objector was used as a rationale to get out of military service. The concept didn’t exist in World War… Read More ›
A LATE QUARTET – BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND FILM
A LATE QUARTET (2012) Director: Yaron Zilberman Writers (screenplay): Seth Grossman, Yaron Zilberman The Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, as Robert Gelbart Christopher Walken, as Peter Mitchell Catherine Keener, as Juliette Gelbart Mark Ivanir, as Daniel Lerner Imogen Poots, as Alexandra Gelbart… Read More ›
