RDP SATURDAY: WILDERNESS The area in which we live is definitely rural, but I never considered it wilderness until suddenly, after 20 years of receiving packages from every known delivery service, we can’t be found. We have disappeared. We get… Read More ›
Day: 06/13/2020
NEW PRINTING OF AN 1896 COOKBOOK – Marilyn Armstrong
FANNIE FARMER 1896 COOK BOOK: The Boston Cooking School The predecessor to all the great Fannie Farmer cookbooks that would be printed over the next 50 years, this was the one I really wanted most. It was out of print… Read More ›
DAY OF THE MONARCHS – Marilyn Armstrong
We named our little sailboat Gwaihir, the wind lord. Really, she was a wind lady and the name was a bit pretentious for such a tiny boat. Somehow, I thought it would be a lucky name. She was a 16-foot Soling with a centerboard. She drew a… Read More ›
DEAR REPUBLICAN SENATOR – By musingsofanoldfart
Dear Republican Senator As an independent and former Republican (and Democrat) voter, I try to read and watch several validated news sources. They are validated, as they try to get it right and print retractions when they don’t. I also… Read More ›
BYE BYE FACEBOOK – Marilyn Armstrong
I have hated Facebook since they sold my private information to Cambridge Analytica and got me hacked. Today, for reasons that escape me, they blocked me and that was one step over the line. I dislike what they do and… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 