FOWC with Fandango — Number I woke up this morning in a rage at my father, but really, at all the men in my life who have taken so much and given back so little. In all these years of living, how could I let so many numbers of years travel by while I failed to … Continue reading RAGE AND HELPLESSNESS – Marilyn Armstrong
Day: 09/22/2018
PORT OUT, STARBOARD HOME – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Saturday – POSH That was the way to travel. Port outboard, starboard on the way home. POSH - the comfortable way to travel aboard a steamship. Now, it means something else. Elegant or fancy. Even "dressed up." titanicstory.com But once, it meant how you chose the best room on the steamship carrying you on your … Continue reading PORT OUT, STARBOARD HOME – Marilyn Armstrong
THIS INFINITY IS TOO SMALL – Marilyn Armstrong
College was not, as it turned out, particularly useful for practical stuff. Although I learned a reasonable amount, it had a tendency to be the kind of thing that makes great conversation while playing Trivial Pursuit rather than while trying to figure out your household budget for the month. Consider the subject of infinite sets. … Continue reading THIS INFINITY IS TOO SMALL – Marilyn Armstrong
A TIME-WARPED GUEST – Marilyn Armstrong
CELEBRATING THE FAMILY WE NEVER MET You just can't trust a time portal. As soon as you think you can relax, eat a little dinner, another old family member drops by. Or, rather pops up. “So,” says Uncle Shmuel, who has appeared out of nowhere and now miraculously speaks vernacular American English — albeit with a … Continue reading A TIME-WARPED GUEST – Marilyn Armstrong
WILD STRAWBERRIES – By Marilyn Armstrong
Wild Strawberries I'm going hunting for a proper square pink picture. It's not the pinkness that's the problem. It's the squareness. I have oodles of miscellaneous pictures full of pink ... but most of them aren't square. These are wild strawberries. We used to have a lot of them, but this year, not so many. … Continue reading WILD STRAWBERRIES – By Marilyn Armstrong
