A Photo a Week Challenge: Halloween Nobody comes trick-or-treating on this street. No sidewalks. No street light. Tall, dark trees and houses are far apart. Kids look at the long, dark road … then they go into town where homes… Read More ›
Month: October 2017
H. L. MENCKEN, AN AMERICAN PROPHET – AUTHOR: GORDON C. STEWART
H.L. Mencken wrote it in The Baltimore Evening Sun, Sunday, July 26, 1920: “As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks… Read More ›
LOST HORIZONS: ARMSTRONGS MISS IMPORTANT LUNCHEON, EVENT-DAZED, CONFUSED IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON
This is a hard one to share. Make it embarrassing, BIGLY embarrassing for someone who lived and worked in Boston for more than 30 years. The résumé says I worked as a knowledgeable, street savvy TV news reporter. Familiar with… Read More ›
TO SLEEP, PERHAPS TO DREAM – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Falling asleep is usually not a problem for me. I can nap during the day and when I wake up during the night, I can usually fall right back to sleep. I have had training for this. My first child,… Read More ›
RAIN, MORE RAIN – A WET FINISH TO AUTUMN
The day the leaves finally turned, it started to rain. Twenty-four hours later, it’s still raining. According the weather channel, it will continue to rain tomorrow and Thursday, but by Friday, the sun will shine. Considering it is also windy… Read More ›
NOT THE NEW ORANGE – SAME OLD BLACK
We have a date in downtown Boston. The former Police Chief of Boston, New York, and L.A. — William (Bill) Bratton — is speaking at the 60 State Street. That’s the really tall building on the edge of the Harbor… Read More ›
BRICKS AND STONES IN BLACK & WHITE
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Bricks or Stones
BEING AFRAID OF BEING AFRAID
Being afraid of fear itself … and worse yet, being afraid of being afraid of fear itself. I could go on and on but I won’t and aren’t you glad? I just discovered that Wikipedia, my favorite source, lists phobophobia as a… Read More ›
AN OCEAN OF PUMPKINS – GARRY ARMSTRONG
A Photo a Week Challenge: Halloween A child. A field. Enough pumpkins to bring the Great Pumpkin down to earth at last. And a small child, lost in a great ocean of orange.
A TALE OF TWO TREKS: TO BRAVELY GO – BY TOM CURLEY
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” Well, that’s not really true. More like: “It was the best of times. It was not so bad, at times.” Once more, we are bravely going where no Star… Read More ›
SURREAL. LIKE LIFE.
I’ve been meaning to say something about this post for a few hours and keep getting side-tracked. Answering comments. Checking email. Another cuppa coffee anyone? Now, it’s after three and here I am. I’m supposed to say something surreal. Maybe… Read More ›
THE MOON IS ROUND
The Weekly WordPress Photo Challenge: ROUNDED
