FOWC with Fandango — Weight I still see my brother Michael, pressed and polished, shaking hands down at the store Everyone had come to see the all-star hop the Greyhound bus and go to war He punched me in the arm… Read More ›
Month: October 2018
COSTUMES – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Wednesday – COSTUMES Photos: Garry Armstrong I wanted to wear a different pair of earrings today. I’ve had them quite a while, but I’ve never worn them. Not they I don’t love them, because I really do. They are gorgeous…. Read More ›
HAPPY HALLOWEEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH DEATH – Marilyn Armstrong
My fame as An Important Blogger has spread beyond the realm of the living into the nether regions as I went searching for a character to interview. Death popped right up and volunteered. I wasn’t sure he was entirely fictional… Read More ›
ONE GOLDEN AUTUMN EVENING – Marilyn Armstrong
A Golden Autumn Evening It was a sunny day. A beautiful day. I painted a little piece of my front door that needed retouching because when we replaced the lock and door handle, it didn’t precisely fit where the old… Read More ›
SPOOKY SHARING ON HALLOWEEN – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World “Spooky” Share Your World Today is Halloween! Got your costume ready? Stocked up on candy? Good. I’m looking forward to a bag full of candy. Yum. Name something you wouldn’t want to run into in a dark… Read More ›
JAMES ‘WHITEY’ BULGER DEAD IN PRISON – Marilyn Armstrong
“WHITEY” BULGER DEAD AT 89 They could have found him sooner had they tried harder. It took them 16 years to find him. A lot of people knew where he was or knew enough to ask the right questions from… Read More ›
99 New: Rumination
Originally posted on Red's Wrap:
Anti-Semitism isn’t just the stuff of white nationalist Neanderthals. Some of your best friends have anti-Semitic reflexes. Oh, your friends would never admit to this. They’re too intelligent, too socially conscious. They wouldn’t be…
AS THE WORLD TURNS, SO THE CLIMATE CHANGES – Marilyn Armstrong
End of October I was just reading a post on “NewEnglandGardenAndThread” about how in several years, New England’s climate will change from 5 to a 7 or 8. Here’s a quote and a map: (The speaker said that) … in… Read More ›
HALLOWEEN – A WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Photo Challenge Halloween
UNDAUNTED ANGELIQUE – Marilyn Armstrong
“Nounou,” inquired Angelique, “Why did Giles de Retz kill so many children?” With these words, one of the world’s greatest series of historical fiction begins. It is a translation from French. I have been told that much was lost in a not-very-good translation. But I don’t… Read More ›
FESTIVAL OF LEAVES & FLOWER OF THE DAY: A WALK BY THE CANAL – Marilyn Armstrong
Week # 6: Walk By The Canal FOTD – October 30, 2018 It should have been spectacular color, but it was mostly still green with some yellow. Still, it was definitely pretty, especially when the amber light hits it in… Read More ›
THE ” WAR OF THE WORLDS ” MYTH – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I went to a presentation celebrating the 80th anniversary of Orson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds”. The reason this particular broadcast has lived on in history and is still remembered and talked about today… Read More ›
DINGY – NOT ALWAYS WHAT YOU EXPECT – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Dingy I thought I knew this word. It could be a little boat, often a little boat that lives on a bigger boat and is used to back and forth from the shoreline. It can also mean… Read More ›
Q & A – AS LONG AS THE COPS AREN’T ASKING – Marilyn Armstrong
I Love Questions Unless the Cops Are Asking Them The latest is Melanie over at Sparks From a Combustible Mind, who was nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award. Congratulations Melanie. She then wrote, “Anyone who wishes to answer some or all… Read More ›
99 New: Now – REBLOG – Jan Wilburg
Originally posted on Red's Wrap:
I have only this to say tonight – after a day of news about people murdered while praying. Start where you are Use what you have Do what you can –Arthur Ashe Don’t wait…
AUTUMN WHILE IT RAINS – Garry and Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – October 28, 2018 – October’s End The giant storm didn’t really hit us. Apparently, it took a bigger whack at Boston and north, but here, it was just rain and a little wind. Nothing fell over. Power stayed… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 