AND STILL MORE ANTS! I was dreading going into the kitchen this morning. It will be five more days — five very long days — until the pest control people can get the job done. Until next Thursday, we will… Read More ›
Month: March 2018
SQUARING THE CIRCLE OF THE ENGINE IN AN OLD AIRCRAFT
Circles and squares in squares. What could be simpler? Seeking squares and circles for the month of March! From the fabulous Becky B, this is the last day of the challenge. We made it! Squares and circles every day for… Read More ›
NAVIGATIONALLY-CHALLENGED: MOSES IN THE DESERT
So, THE WAY THEY TELL IT, God wanted to get rid of all those who had experienced slavery. To accomplish this task, he made the twelve tribes walk around the Sinai wilderness for forty years. Forty years? Seriously? That area… Read More ›
ALONE AND IN SOLITUDE
BEING ALONE I’m not sure that “alone” and solitude mean the same thing. Technically, they are synonyms but the concept of “alone” implies loneliness while solitude implies a choice to remain without company. Solitude speaks of private time while alone… Read More ›
TILTED – A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE
A Photo a Week Challenge: Tilted Sometimes, the way things line up is funny. Yesterday I was at the Dana-Farber. They have a long air shaft which makes great geometric pictures, so I took a bunch. All of them are tilted…. Read More ›
ONE ANT, TWO ANTS, THREE ANTS, TEN MILLION ANTS
ONE ANT, TWO ANTS, THREE ANTS, MORE … Yesterday, I saw an ant. Just one ant. He climbed onto my computer screen. Yuck. I said to Garry”I guess it really IS spring. There’s an ant on my computer.” Mental marker…. Read More ›
Cochlear Implant Update – By Jan Wilberg
Originally posted on Red's Wrap:
I wear this thing on my head. Looking at it now in the photo, it strikes me as enormous, a contraption. I wonder why people don’t just stop in their tracks and ask me…
THE BARRYMORES: AMERICA’S ROYAL FAMILY OF ACTORS
This week, we tuned into Drew Barrymore’s latest show on Netflix. It’s called “The Santa Clarita Diet.” She has, in this story, become a zombie. It’s funny because she’s a very suburban and rather bouncy zombie. She certainly dresses a… Read More ›
SQUARING THE SQUARE WITH WHEELS
Circles and squares in squares. What could be simpler? Seeking squares and circles — inside squares, of course! From BeckyB! Squaring the Square WITH WHEELs
STOREFRONTS AND BUILDING SIGNS IN BLACK & WHITE!
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Store Front & Building Signs
NOT FRANTIC – THE ONGOING MEDICAL MESS
NOT FRANTIC The past few weeks have been intense. I lose track of time. Retirement tends to make our days and weeks run into each other seamlessly. It can be difficult to remember when something happened — whether it was… Read More ›
TWO BY TWO – SUNRISE-SUNSET
Photo Challenge – Rise and Set For this week’s photo challenge, explore the vibrant, hopeful colors of your favorite sunrise or sunset. Other than from the direction, you can’t tell if the sun is coming up or setting. I’ve done… Read More ›
HARD DAY WITH CROCUSES
Yesterday was a long day. Between the telephone all morning trying to arrange a simple doctor’s visit — then going off to find out if I have cancer again (if you’ve had it once, you always wonder if it will… Read More ›
SQUARED WITH WHEELS
Circles and squares in squares. What could be simpler? Seeking squares and circles — inside squares, of course! From BeckyB! Squaring the Square and a few circles
SHARING THE WORLD AS WE STROLL INTO SPRING
Share Your World – March 26, 2018 It is already a week past the Vernal Equinox and it’s still surprisingly cold here. Not mid-winter cold, though and in the middle of the day, you can feel the sun. With the… Read More ›
MAKING A DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT AT UMASS MEMORIAL
MORNING QUARTET I was having a dream about how I hadn’t yet managed to see a doctor about whatever it was that happened to me a few weeks ago. Two weeks? Three? For the past few weeks, they’ve been researching… Read More ›
A BROKEN MOUSE
EDITORIAL NOTE: Mice to me means multiple tiny furry creatures who slip into my house and eat anything they can find. Mouses, on the other hand, are computer accessories. I call them mouses in the plural. Please try and cope… Read More ›
LOST IN TRANSLATION – BLACK & WHITE VS. COLOR
BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: AFTER AND BEFORE Y2-01 From Paula: I almost let March go by without Black & White Sunday, and with a shorter weekend I only managed to post it today. Here’s a challenge which invites you to… Read More ›
ODDBALLS IN A SPRING THAT HASN’T SPRUNG. YET.
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: March 25, 2018 Spring was a week ago and a few minutes ago, snowflakes were drifting from the sky. It wasn’t much of a snow and only lasted a few minutes, but it isn’t quite… Read More ›
SQUARING UP THE SQUARES
Square pictures showing squares and sometimes, circles. But in this post, no circles. Just squares and hairs. What could be simpler? Seeking squares and circles for the month of March! From the exciting world of BeckyB, this is … Squaring… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 