Today we drove 54 miles each way to Dartmouth High School. It was raining hard for most of the trip. As we approached Providence (Rhode Island)(before re-entering Massachusetts), traffic got very heavy which made no sense at all. I mean… Read More ›
Month: February 2021
FROM PRIMROSE TO LITTLE BLUE FLOWERS
FOTD – Feb 28 – Those Little Blue Flowers I’ve had these flowers growing in my garden since we moved here and I never knew what they were. A few years ago, someone said “Oh, those are primroses!” Well, a… Read More ›
ALMOST EVERYTHING IS BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX
CBWC: Bigger than a Bread Box Almost everything I can think of is bigger than a breadbox except for some of my birds. I have a breadbox. It’s one of the smaller items in my kitchen.
IT’S OKAY TO BE SAD
This has been a year with so much loss, I can’t even count the friends, almost friends, idols, artists — people who mattered to me somehow — who have gone. Just as well for lockdown because I had simply stopped… Read More ›
ALL FINCHES HAVE WHITE FEATHERS
BIRD WEEKLY – PHOTO CHALLENGE – BIRDS WITH WHITE FEATHERS There’s at least a bar of white on almost every bird’s feathery coat. I guess that gives me a many choices.
IF IMITATION IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF FLATTERY
We are a bunch of hypocrites! The other day, Garry commented that Apple is suing Microsoft (again? still?) over copyright infringements while Apple is suing Samsung and I’m sure Samsung is suing someone — all for infringing on iPhone copyrights…. Read More ›
SUDDENLY SERENDIPITY
SERENDIPITY I am serendipity. It’s the name of my blog and it’s my life. I was up at 3 this morning. I couldn’t sleep. Even though I had an alarm set, I was afraid to miss my chance at getting… Read More ›
LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI, POET WHO NURTURED THE BEATS, DIES AT 101
What a life he had. Lawrence Ferlinghetti was the original beat poet — and an original human being. I was a big fan of his when I was in my teens. I wanted to go visit his San Francisco bookshop,… Read More ›
A GLANCE BACKWARD – RICH PASCHALL
Your younger self, by Rich Paschall A few years ago another blogger suggested a book to read (The Letter Q) that is a collection of letters certain writers would send to their younger selves, if only they could. Some letters… Read More ›
HOW’S MY SEX LIFE? HOW’S YOURS?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #110: SEX? So, Mr. Fandango, how is YOUR sex life? First, my sex life — now or at anytime in the past — is none of your business. Secondly, upon further consideration, it remains none of your business…. Read More ›
CMMC – TWO As IN THE WORD
CMMC – Alphabet – Words with 2 Letter A’s I actually had to think about the spelling of each word, but eventually, I found five very varied photograph, each of which has at least two “As” in its title. I did… Read More ›
IF THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE, WHO ARE WE?
Every person who gets interviewed on television says the same thing using almost identical words. It’s our current American mantra, that those hooligans who rioted in our Capitol are not really who we are. Not really. Maybe a few of… Read More ›
FUN FOTOS OF BARKING TREES?
CFFC: Bark – Tree Bark or Dog Bark I know our trees don’t really bark, unless one is full of birds who are hungry. Then they don’t so much bark as squawk! I think we are lucky the trees can’t bark…. Read More ›
MACRO FLOWERS
FOTD – February 24 –Macro Flowers I haven’t used my macro lens in a while, probably because nothing is blooming. My orchid is sending up shoots and I’m ignoring it except for watering because the two times I tried to… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AS FEBRUARY DRAWS TO ITS END
SHARE YOUR WORLD 2-23-2021 Funny how fast the world changes. Yesterday, hospitals were no longer allowed to distribute COVID-19 vaccinations but oddly enough, today that rule has vanished like chaff before the wind. I suspect I’m not the only one who… Read More ›
DON’T PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE (UNLESS YOU WANT TO)
A Photo a Week Challenge: Off-Center You absolutely shouldn’t put the picture in the center of the photograph except when that’s the right place to put it. The “rules” of photography are not laws etched in stone. They are suggestions, sometimes… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 