A CONVEYOR OF LOVE AND AFFECTION FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD Pat Gerber — Mrs. Anglo Swiss, mother of Tabby the blogging cat and wife of Marcel Gerber — took a bad fall this past weekend and has… Read More ›
Month: January 2018
FORGIVENESS AND OUTLIVING THE BITCHES
One Sunday in church, Pastor’s sermon was about forgiveness. He asked everyone in the church to stand up. Then he asked those who had any enemies to sit down. Everyone sat down but one very old woman. “You have no enemies at… Read More ›
PARENTAL ANIMAL PHOBIAS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My father was afraid of horses, so of course I had to learn how to ride. I was terrified of snakes, so my son has had a lifelong fascination with reptiles. Not surprising. My father witnessed someone being kicked by… Read More ›
CHRISTMAS CACTUS BUDDING AND BLOOMING
FLOWERS OF MY DAY Usually, my Christmas cactus blooms like mad around Thanksgiving, but this year, they looked limp and miserable. I realized I had done the one single thing that you can’t do to a cactus: I over-watered it…. Read More ›
EX MARKS THE SPOT OR MAYBE NOT
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Letter X needs to be anywhere in the word or something shaped like an X
NOT ONLY CLIMATE CHANGE
Sometimes, being human depresses me. There’s so much that needs fixing. Not just climate change. Not just animal extinction. No single thing. It’s many things and mainly … It’s us. People. We’ve poisoned the oceans and many of our rivers. Here… Read More ›
IT’S SO EASY …
We all have friends who do stuff we can’t do. They make a perfect pie crust and the filling is damned good too. They build their own furniture. Tune the car and reupholster the furniture. They do a little painting,… Read More ›
MORE STUFF – WORLD SHARING!
Share Your World – January 29, 2018 If you had an unlimited shopping spree at only one store, which one would you choose? Why? Can I make that Amazon please? I would head for the cameras and computers and possibly… Read More ›
What Would Happen If An Airplane Door Burst Open Mid-Flight?
Originally posted on ScienceSwitch:
Has this terrible thought ever crossed your mind while you were sitting on a plane trying to relax? The chance of this happening is pretty slim. But, if you have seen movies like Final Destination or Non-Stop,…
AN OPEN GATE. THREE WORRIED DOGS.
Stifling change because the dogs don’t like it has become a way of life. Until we opened the gate. Garry felt we should leave the hallway gate open, or, to put it another way — stop closing the gate. He… Read More ›
AN EXCELLENT WORDPRESS UPGRADE
Yesterday I decided to put a new header on my template. I do this regularly and there doesn’t need to be a special reason. I just feel like it. I used to put up a new one daily, but that… Read More ›
DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I didn’t know it growing up, but I have several learning disabilities, including ADD. I was actually diagnosed with ADD in my sixties. The medication works wonderfully but it keeps me from sleeping, so I can only take it once… Read More ›
PAINTINGS AND DRAWING ODDBALLS – JANUARY 2018
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: January 28, 2018 I went to a birthday party a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been playing with the pictures ever since. The goal? To make portraits look like portraits, yet make it difficult to… Read More ›
AN INKLING OF GREAT DINING — ELSEWHERE
If you are looking for a great meal and a fantastic place to eat it, the Blackstone Valley isn’t IT. We can find a few diners that are good and at least one interesting hot dog joint in Worcester …… Read More ›
SNOWBOUND
By Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog As far as Ralph was concerned this was the worst winter ever. There were years with more snow, that’s for sure. There were years that brought colder days. There was never a winter that… Read More ›
“AMERICA FIRST” DREDGES UP RACISM FROM THE PAST
This post is primarily quotes from Huffpost and others. Because “America First” has a rather long and ugly history … and it started long before Donald Trump. Trump Was Not First To Use The “America First” Slogan The phrase has… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 