In 1987, my ex husband and I, along with our two children, spent weekends and summers in a one bedroom cottage on my mother’s property in Easton, CT. My grandparents had lived in the cottage when I was growing up…. Read More ›
Month: August 2020
FINDING “THE QUIET MAN” – SEPTEMBER 1990
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #1 – Ireland, September 1990 I’m not sure what makes this month more of a dog than any other month. Meanwhile, the happiest critter in the house is Duke. He’s always happy and usually hungry… Read More ›
THERE’S GOTTA BE A PONY IN THERE SOMEWHERE – BY TOM CURLEY
There’s an old joke about a psychiatrist who was trying to see if he could change an optimist into a pessimist and a pessimist into an optimist. He took two children, one very optimistic and one very pessimistic. He put… Read More ›
RAPUNZEL WOULD HAVE HAD A HARD TIME IN WORCESTER
A Photo a Week Challenge: Tower A major shortage of towers has thwarted the return of Rapunzel. Maybe in Boston, though horses have a hard time on the packed street. Out here, where horses live, there just aren’t many towers. Not… Read More ›
ROAD TRIP
Music For The Highway, by Rich Paschall When you consider vacation options this year, flying to your destination may seem like a scary choice. Even with smaller crowds, traveling through airports and on airplanes may not seem as safe as… Read More ›
TRUTH IN ADVERTISING
Originally posted on lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown:
https://youtu.be/dpIkl2QnJeI
NOT FEELING WELL
I spent most of the day in bed and only got up because my back needed to be in a different position. i’ve got some material posted for tomorrow and hopefully will be better by the day after. But, just… Read More ›
DAVID CROCKETT (HE HATED “DAVY”) MIGHT HAVE BEEN A KING IN HIS WILD FRONTIER
I don’t usually post straight history right out of the books but we recently signed up for Disney + and found ourselves watching “Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier.” Interestingly, at the begiinning, there was a note that said… Read More ›
DOGMA
FOWC with Fandango — Dogma Unless you count drinking coffee and checking email as dogma, I don’t have dogma to which I feel attached. I do, however, have personal rituals. Stuff I do, stuff in which I believe or at least… Read More ›
BACKFIRE: THE BIG MISCALCULATION
From the Battleground, by Rich Paschall “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” – Jan. 22 From the very beginning, DJT has… Read More ›
THE LAST PICTURE ON MY LAST CARD – STILL IN MY COMPUTER
bushboys world I actually published this one already, but I’ll post one that hasn’t been processed, Though to be fair, aside from cropping I didn’t really process these much. They were taken in good light with the right lens, so… Read More ›
ENJOYING AN IMPERFECT LIFE
Nothing goes exactly as planned. No vacation or visit is perfect. Some part of every meal won’t be ready when the rest of the dishes are served. Guests come too early or late, leave too soon — or not soon… Read More ›
FAKE NEWS IS A LOT LESS WORK
You can’t live without news, but no one can live with it either. I don’t know how active reporters manage to cope with the news these days. It used to be a job. A hard job, an active and sometimes… Read More ›
