My Top Albums On Vinyl, Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog Those who have lived through the eras of music on vinyl, reel to reel tape, 8-track and cassette tapes, CDs, and digital formats may tell you that the best of… Read More ›
Month: March 2022
UPDATE: MARILYN – SATURDAY PM
FLASHBACK FRIDAY On Saturday – Originally written on March 19, 2014 by Garry Armstrong. Update by Marilyn. Not all flashbacks are fun to read or remember. Eight years ago, I was in Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital trying to stay alive…. Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 44 PART II: GRAVES AND TOMBSTONES
When I finished the Goldfinch, it was still barely time for coffee, so I decided to get brave and try something bigger and more complicated. I have to be careful to not get excessively complicated. Just to jack up the… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 44: THREE GOLDFINCH
I woke up early. I wanted to sleep. My spine wanted me to get up and move around. Which in the end, I had to do. This battle between body parts is an ongoing thing since forever. It depends on… Read More ›
THE TREES BY THE RIVER
FOTD – March 18 – Winter trees by the Blackstone I finally processed most of the pictures I liked well enough to post. And just to make life ever more perfect, my computer went bonkers yesterday. I had to do… Read More ›
ME AND BERNIE SCHWARTZ – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Those of you who are regular visitors to this site know I like to share stories about my encounters with legendary stars from old Hollywood. The shares come from my working days as a TV news reporter. It was a… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 43 – A GOLDFINCH & A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
I actually have a few picture I’ve never shown. Some of them needed more work. I’m always wary about trying to fix something because as often as not, more work takes a pretty good piece and ruins it. You really… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 42 – WINTER SUNSET
I did a lot of drawing last night, so this sketchbook will come up a few more times. Meanwhile, I really liked how this one came out. It’s very moody. I should have used a bigger piece of paper! This… Read More ›
WHEN DIVERSITY CAME HOME TO ROOST
I needed a rerun on those popovers. I hadn’t defrosted anything, so I figured omelets for dinner with a side of home fries and popovers. For reasons no one knows, brown eggs cost more here than white eggs. People seem… Read More ›
STOP THE CLOCK
Fandango’s Provocative Question #161 I’ve hated daylight savings time as long as I’ve been aware it existed, so this change can’t come soon enough for me! Assuming you agree we should have the same clock time year-round rather than moving up… Read More ›
BUSY BEES
There were maybe 100 bees buzzing around the two hanging feeders on the deck. I assumed they were yellow jackets because we’ve had a lot of trouble here with hornets and wasps — and especially yellow jackets who have nested… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 42 – ROCKPORT SUNRISE
I tried doing this in watercolor and it was most emphatically a non-starter. I’m going to have to some serious practicing — and I’m not sure watercolors will be my best medium. I will have to do this one again… Read More ›
SIGNS OF OLDEN TIMES
A Photo a Week Challenge: Signs Miss Mendon was resurrected from an original Worcester Dining Car and turned into a diner just down the road from us. Nathan’s Hot Dogs in Coney Island is the original Nathan’s and the hot dogs… Read More ›
BLACKSTONE VALLEY BRIDGES
CFFC: Bridges What a perfectly timed subject! I have a whole new set pf pictures taken yesterday of “our” bridge. Of course everyone in Uxbridge considers it “their” bridge. It’s that kind of bridge. Plus, other Blackstone Valley bridges, most… Read More ›
SHARING THE WORLD? MAYBE WE SHOULD SHARE LESS?
SHARE YOUR WORLD 3-14-2022 There are days when I feel there’s too much sharing going on. Today, after neglecting my email for just a day and a half, I had more than 500 emails, most of them news from either the… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 42 – ONE RED PETUNIA
I had to draw at least one flower. Besides, I have all these fancy new pencils to work with.
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 