Even though my life is pretty much unchanged, it doesn’t feel the same as it used to. The world feels threatening and hostile. Rumors to the contrary notwithstanding, there is very little helpfulness or cooperation around here. No one delivers,… Read More ›
Day: 2020-03-30
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOUR NICKEL WAS MINTED? By Marilyn Armstrong
I picked up the only coin I have larger than a penny. I used to have coins in my wallet. These days, I never have anything except a few odd pennies. Why is that? It isn’t even that I pay… Read More ›
ANXIETY AND THE CORONAVIRUS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I’ve had an anxiety disorder for as long as I can remember. As a child, I would worry about everything and was afraid of almost everything. My mother, a trained child psychologist, tried to give me a form of cognitive… Read More ›
BESIEGED BY FLYING SQUIRRELS – Marilyn Armstrong
In the midst of the madness, the flying squirrels come every night and eat at least four or five pounds of birdseed. That’s approximately 2 kilos. We’ve stopped filling the feeder every night because there’s food in the forest and… Read More ›
UPDATED INFORMATION AND PLEASE DON’T GUZZLE THE BLEACH! – Marilyn Armstrong
This is a correction from the previous message. It didn’t occur to me to warn people to not drink Listerine or bleach. Seriously? How stupid have we gotten? I’m assuming anyone who reads this blog is smart enough to recognize… Read More ›