Happy New Year! I don’t have New Year’s picture for you because we don’t do anything special on New Year’s Eve. We’ve never gone to Times Square in New York, though both of us lived in New York for many… Read More ›
Month: December 2018
THERE’S NO REVENGE THAT BEATS GETTING RICH – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Revenge Revenge is giving you cousin’s kids an ant farm for Christmas. Or maybe one of those big drums that will beat automatically when you turn a handle. Or, for any teenager, a small chainsaw and when… Read More ›
MY FAVORITES CARTOONS OF 2018 – Marilyn Armstrong
I love to laugh. I love wit. I adore cleverness and am particularly enamored of very smart people, which is probably one of the many, many reasons I am so deeply disappointed by our government. Not only are they completely… Read More ›
SO, HOW ABOUT NEW YEAR’S EVE? – Rich Paschall
The Jackpot Question, Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog By now you are expected to have a good response. So what is it? What are you doing? Certainly, your friends have been asking and you must have something interesting to say. Unless you… Read More ›
SERVICE DOGS FOR VETS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I’ve always been fascinated by service dogs. I can barely get my dogs to sit, stay and come on command. So the idea that dogs can be trained to do complex tasks for the disabled seems like a miracle to… Read More ›
CLUTCHING AT FREEDOM – Marilyn Armstrong
I want everything to last forever. When I buy a television, I don’t expect to ever buy another one. I will keep using the old one until it simply won’t work anymore … or someone gently tells me that I… Read More ›
HOLY MOLY – THE YEAR IS ENDING! Marilyn Armstrong
I can’t believe the year’s ending. Didn’t it just start? The last time I remember anything, it was November and we were visiting Tom and Ellin in Connecticut. We came home in the snow … and we haven’t seen anything… Read More ›
FLYPAPER (2011) AND FILM CRITICS – Marilyn Armstrong
A while ago, Garry and I watched what is I am sure among the lowest grossing movies of all time. I don’t say this lightly. In its theatrical run, it grossed exactly (according to both Wikipedia and IMDB) $1100, which… Read More ›
BIRDS EAT ON TIME IF THE BUFFET IS OPEN – Marilyn Armstrong
Birds eat on time IF I fill the buffet Birds know what time it is. They don’t wear watches, but they know. Breakfast and dawn come together. Lunch when the sun is high in the sky and dinner before nightfall. It’s… Read More ›
TEMPTATION WITH BOATS – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Temptation Of all the singers in the universe to whom I would have attributed this particular song, Perry Como is not the guy. I was wrong. It’s Perry Como singing “You Are Temptation.” What’s particularly odd about… Read More ›
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: A PHOTO A WEEK – Marilyn Armstrong
A Photo a Week Challenge: New There’s nothing new at the moment except for a new year about to arrive. And a new lens for the camera. So I guess you can say that these pictures were created from something new…. Read More ›
WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE NEW YEAR? – Rich Paschall
The Rest of Your Life The new year is about to begin and it is time to ask the important question: What are you doing the rest of your life North and South and East and West of your life… Read More ›