Garry and I have been watching “Reilly – Ace of Spies” starring Sam Neill. It’s a really good, long mini-series. Very detailed, complex, and absorbing. Since it’s more or less historical, I know how it’s going to end … which… Read More ›
Month: April 2018
LIVING EXPONENTIALLY – Tom Curley
Did you see DJT on Fox and Friends this morning? Or maybe you saw it on Colbert this evening. It was also on the evening news, so if you watched TV at all, you saw it. It was also all… Read More ›
ASTONISHED? MORE LIKE DISAPPOINTED – Marilyn Armstrong
ASTONISH We had one beautiful day on Saturday. It rained on Sunday and through last night and this morning, it’s cold, dark, and grey again. Not only that, but neither of us feels well. It was actually snowing a bit… Read More ›
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL – BY ELLIN CURLEY
A lot has been written about dieting and body image. What interests me is how we develop our body image in childhood and how this image haunts us through life. Here’s an innocuous example. I’m short. Very short. I’m less… Read More ›
CEE’S ODDBALL PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE MALL – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: April 29, 2018
Thank You, Donald Trump – Jan Wilberg
Originally posted on Red's Wrap:
When Donald Trump was elected, I decided it was time to be the political commentator I’d wanted to be when I was sixteen. I’ll get a spot on Medium, I thought, and just tear…
LAST CACTUS FLOWER OF THE SEASON – Marilyn Armstrong
Flower of the Day I got two blooms on my Christmas cactus. The first flower closed up this morning and the second opened this afternoon. By the time I remembered to grab my camera to take some pictures of what… Read More ›
THOSE WERE THE DAYS, MY FRIEND
The Golden Age of Rock Turns 50, 1968 by Rich Paschall Everyone will look back on their youth with the belief that the hit music of their time comprised the Golden Age of whatever genre was on top. We will,… Read More ›
ROSES ARE RED AND SO IS MY BLOOD – Marilyn Armstrong
The weather finally broke and today was an exquisite spring day. Our maple tree is in bud. The buds are fat and red and this morning, the little red finch was sitting on a limb and the only way to… Read More ›
ORANGE! – Marilyn Armstrong
A Photo a Week Challenge: Orange From Nancy Merrill: Orange is a really fun color to photograph. There are many things in nature that are orange: pumpkins, oranges, flowers. This little fellow really, really wanted to join his big brothers… Read More ›
RIVULET, RIVER AND POND: PHOTOS FROM THE BLACKSTONE VALLEY – Marilyn Armstrong
From rivulet to pond, the valley is where water lives.
First, catch your fish… #writephoto
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I can’t remember when I last felt so tired. The past couple of weeks have been hectic… in the best possible way… what with the workshop, reconnecting with old friends while they…
MEDIA ISN’T FAUX BUT POLITICIANS ARE – Marilyn Armstrong
WHAT IS TRUTH? DOES IT MATTER? I don’t have a lot of friends in the Republican camp, but there remain a few. It didn’t used to be such a gigantic divide, but it has loomed hugely since the last election…. Read More ›
CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA AND ME – Marilyn Armstrong
I got a letter — a note more accurately — from Facebook telling me that I was one of the people whose material was released to Cambridge Analytica. I do very little on Facebook except post my blogs from WordPress,… Read More ›
CEE’S WHICH WAY PHOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge o4/17/2018 As I think – hope! – we are finally moving out of the end of winter slump into warmer days, perhaps this is a good time to show the roads of April. Good, not… Read More ›
THEN I UNDERSTOOD WORDPRESS AND WHAT’S HAPPENING – Marilyn Armstrong
I reread the letter from this engineer and I realized suddenly, with a certain horror, what it means to me, to you, to all of us who have been here for a while and built sites. WordPress decided to change… Read More ›
NOTABLE, WHICH I AM NOT – Marilyn Armstrong
ON NOT BEING NOTABLE Last night, I got a note explaining that all my problems with WordPress deleting my site from the search engine along with all five writers — and 200 other followers who turned up missing yesterday —… Read More ›
NO TIME TO SLEEP – Marilyn Armstrong
Brain to Marilyn: Hey, get up. I’ve got stuff to do. Marilyn to Brain: Shut up. I’m tired. Let me sleep or I swear I’ll take a pill and shut you down. Brain (sullen): Fine. Be that way. Marilyn drifts off… Read More ›
BOLD, NEW OPTIONS TO PREVENT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS – Garry Armstrong
School shootings with multiple victims have become an everyday news story in the United States. It’s become a boiler-plate political issue with second amendment activists led by the NRA holding fast to their rights. Fighting to keep the right to… Read More ›
CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE – TWO AND TWO
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: 2 different things or the number 2 Two is a good number. It’s a pair of things or opposites and it’s the kind of number that likes division. A good thing in any number, don’t… Read More ›
WHO ARE YOU CALLING A CUR? A LETTER TO WordPress – Marilyn Armstrong
Dear NP – Happiness Engineer at WordPress, You know, when my responses dropped by 50% in February, I said “Oh, they’ll fix it. Surely it’s not just me …” By the middle of March, having gone from getting an average… Read More ›
DOCUMENTATION WITHOUT WORDS ISN’T DOCUMENTATION – Marilyn Armstrong
A couple of weeks ago I bought myself an iPad Mini. It was $100 less on Walmart because it had iOS 9 on it rather than the current iOS 11. Anyone who knows anything about Apple knows it doesn’t matter… Read More ›
NOT MUCH OF A GARDEN OUTSIDE BUT … Marilyn Armstrong
I finally nudged my Christmas cactus to blooming in March. Now, I’m pleased to announce — I did it again! Yes, indeed. I brought it back to budding and life. It’s the old “starve it then feed it” thing. You… Read More ›
CITY VERSUS COUNTRY – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I lived in an apartment in Manhattan for over 40 years. I’ve lived in the woods in Connecticut now for over 25 years. I think I’m something of an expert on both life styles. It’s a common misconception that getting… Read More ›
