Day: 01/01/2018

A LOOK BACK: THE SHORT AND TO-THE-POINT-EDITION – BY TOM CURLEY

By tomcurley1 on 01/01/2018 • ( 12 )

So. 2017 is over. Like any end of the year, the last few weeks were filled with “Year End Retrospectives.” I hate year-end retrospectives. Especially this year. A year ago, all anybody could talk about was just how much 2016… Read More ›

WHIPPING OFF A POST FROM YOUR PHONE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/01/2018 • ( 42 )

“This year, I’m resolving to update my blog from the WordPress mobile app. My phone is always nearby, which allows me to blog from wherever I am, and there’s something about the smaller screen that seems to take the pressure off… Read More ›

THE SADNESS OF HUMOR – 2017

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/01/2018 • ( 28 )

2017 was big with late night comics, but depressing to real people. Like us. We laughed because comics are funny, but we weren’t really laughing. Wrapped around the humor was the realization we weren’t going to get out of this… Read More ›

THE MOST POPULAR POSTS OF 2017

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/01/2018 • ( 17 )

These are not necessarily my favorite posts, though a few are. These are posts that got a lot of hits — and are not reblogs. I also — with one exception — didn’t include photo-only posts. It was too much… Read More ›

A LEGAL ROMANCE – BY ELLIN CURLEY

By Ellin Curley on 01/01/2018 • ( 6 )

In the 1970’s, I was wooed, the old-fashioned way, by a suitor. Because of our circumstances, the courtship took an interesting turn. Larry and I were both at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. I was in my first… Read More ›

DEFINITELY STILL ALIVE – GARRY ARMSTRONG

By Garry Armstrong on 01/01/2018 • ( 19 )

The phone rang. The caller ID flashed, showing one of Boston two major newspapers. I figured it was the sales department. I handed the phone to Marilyn. I heard Marilyn respond “yes” several times and was puzzled. We didn’t need… Read More ›