FOWC with Fandango — Continue Continue? In many ways, the nightmare we are currently experiencing is a continuation of what went before. None of this came out of “nowhere.” We’ve had bad presidents and even some of our good presidents… Read More ›
Month: June 2018
ALLOWED AND FORBIDDEN – Marilyn Armstrong
Are we still free? As our “freedom” seems to be becoming increasingly less free with each passing day, I have to wonder about a lot of things I always accepted as true. Or close to true. I never believed Americans… Read More ›
WILD GARDEN IN BLOOM – Marilyn Armstrong
Our wild garden is blooming! It’s crazy growth time in the valley. Slow getting started, everything is over the top and I think we are going to have a massive display of roses and lilies this year. A week ago,… Read More ›
JUNE IS SQUARE: THE FINAL ROOF #30 – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s that time of year again and squares are back! I can’t believe it. It’s been a whole month of rooves and roofs. On barns and teepees. On boats and tall buildings. From Boston to a museum by the Blackstone,… Read More ›
A MILESTONE OF DESPAIR – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP #29: A MILESTONE OF DESPAIR Fandango – Nightmare It’s the one month anniversary of having WordPress abandon us for whatever future they think they see on their far horizons. I’m sure, whatever their milestone may be, it involves hitting all… Read More ›
BACK TO THE GARDEN – COLUMBINE by Marilyn Armstrong
I thought the Columbine was finished for the season, but they seem to have come back again. Everything seems to be going around twice. Crazy weather, crazy garden. Crazy world! So today, let’s take another look at the Columbine again. Because… Read More ›
UNHINGED – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Captured My marriage is fine. My house is not falling apart. The car was repaired and runs well. Yet I feel quite unhinged. A prisoner of war in my own country. Or that’s how I feel…. Read More ›
THE BANE OF HOUSEHOLD CHORES – BY ELLIN CURLEY
As I get older, I’m having a harder time accepting repetition as a big part of my life. I don’t mean cosmically or philosophically. I mean plain old boring repetition of everyday tasks like doing the laundry, washing the dishes,… Read More ›
ON THE DIAGONAL – A FUN PHOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Diagonal Line(s)
JUNE IS SQUARE – ROOF 29 – Garry Armstrong
It’s that time of year again and squares are back! Well, the theme is ROOFS (or rooves if you prefer). Your roof can be; A – Any type, any condition, any size, and in any location. B – It could… Read More ›
REDUCED AND CAPTURED – RDP#28 AND #FOWC – Marilyn Armstrong
REDUCED AND CAPTURED – The way life feels these days … It’s not losing weight, at least not in any literal sense. It’s more like a world in which I feel like there is less of everything. There’s less money… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AND ANOTHER MONTH PRETTY MUCH GONE – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World – June 25, 2018 Where has this first half-year gone? Whoosh! It was winter that never ended, a muddy, windy spring … now summer. Whoosh and it will be autumn. Why does winter last forever, but summer… Read More ›
WHEN IT STOPS BEING FUNNY – Marilyn Armstrong
How funny or witty can you be when reality — your existence — has gone beyond whatever we imagined was the ultimate degree of ludicrousness? When your future expectations have been effectively annihilated? That we have a horrible government (it makes me… Read More ›
JUNE IS SQUARE – ROOF 28 – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s that time of year again and squares are back! Well, the theme is ROOFS (or rooves if you prefer). Your roof can be; A – Any type, any condition, any size, and in any location. B – It could… Read More ›
KUDOS (#FOWC) WITH INDULGENCE (#RDP)
FOWC with Fandango — Kudos RDP #27 – INDULGENCE I got a note today telling me that our appointment with the pre-op people on July 9 didn’t appear to exist. UMass has communication problems. No one seems to talk to anyone else… Read More ›
WHEN DENIAL IS YOUR BEST DEFENSE – Marilyn Armstrong
Denial: When refusing reality is as good as it gets. From dumbest to smartest, no one is exempt from it. In fact, I think that the smartest of us are the most clever at making denial seem perfectly rational. We… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 