Eight years ago today I had a bilateral mastectomy for cancer. I had malignant tumors in both breasts. Two different kinds of cancer. Which, I was told, is extremely rare. One in a million. I'm always that one in a million. The much better news was that both tumors were small and non-aggressive, as cancer … Continue reading EIGHT YEARS AND STILL IN REMISSION (YAY) – Marilyn Armstrong
Day: 10/11/2018
CHANGING THE SEASONS OF THE WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
I haven't read the official report, but I've read a lot of summaries and I wasn't at all surprised by any of it. Twelve years left and then we can't "save the earth." I consider it highly unlikely we'll make that deadline. I was one of the enthusiastic founders of the original Earth Day. Over … Continue reading CHANGING THE SEASONS OF THE WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
SEARS GOES DOWN IN FLAMES – Marilyn Armstrong
Last night on the news, they announced that Sears was going out of business. Destroyed, they said, by the likes of Amazon. In the course of last night, I ordered two things I needed -- a raised toilet seat because I'm finding it really hard to get up from the very low seats in our … Continue reading SEARS GOES DOWN IN FLAMES – Marilyn Armstrong
FLOWER OF THE DAY – ROSES IN THE AUTUMN – Marilyn Armstrong
Flower of the Day – October 11, 2018 They are still blooming like crazy. The roses, that is. Usually, the roses throw a few blooms even late in the summer, but we have entire full branches of roses in both red and pink And it's almost the middle of October.
