THE CHANGING SEASONS for August 2022 It has been a minimally photographic month, mostly because it has been HOT HOT HOT. And dry, dry, dry 🔥Then we got a little bit of rain — just enough to make the ragweed… Read More ›
Month: August 2022
BEAM ME SOMEWHERE
As airlines make traveling by air increasingly miserable, unfriendly, and physically uncomfortable, those of us who yearn to travel but abhor airports and airplanes have been waiting for teleportation. You know. “Scotty, beam me up” and off you go to… Read More ›
MEMORY LIGHTS THE CORNERS OF MY PHONE
Hello Moto, by Rich Paschall As early as the fall of 2020 I was thinking that I should buy or replace everything I need before I retire. In other words, I should get what I need while I was still… Read More ›
MADE BY MAN – BUT WHY?
CFFC: Man-made items An old doll, old toys, a Robot that almost walks (but mostly falls down). An old Rose Famille plate and an Air Force carrier transport jet. A remade version of the original Teddy Bear. All part of… Read More ›
Y’GOTTA READ BEFORE Y’WRITE, RIGHT?
Blogging Insights NF # 52 — Reading “The first step in blogging is not writing them but reading them.” — Jeff Jarvis I agree, although for me, it’s just reading, then reading more. I’ve always been such an insane reader…. Read More ›
SO MANY WOODPECKERS
I don’t know if this is the breeding season or maybe there isn’t much else for the woodpeckers to eat, but I put out suet for them every day. For the last week, I’ve been putting out more because we… Read More ›
CLIMBING THROUGH THE PHONE TO TEAR OUT SOMEONE’S THROAT
It’s just as well the wi-fi dropped out before I dove through the phone line to kill the rep on the other end. It wasn’t her fault but I was losing my grip and she was the only game in… Read More ›
AND SO ENDS AUGUST
Share Your World 29th August Thank you Di, for standing in for Melanie. Regardless of the calendar, it’s still summer because it’s hot. I wonder how long it will continue to be hot? It should be cooling down and raining. Whatever… Read More ›
BIRDS IN THE GARDEN, SQUIRRELS ON THE WATCH
We really are currently overrun by woodpeckers. When I went into the kitchen this morning, there was a Downy woodpecker clinging to the screen door begging for food. I’m pretty sure they are all breeding, too and that’s why they… Read More ›
DIVERSITY CAME HOME
It happened again. All white eggs (they are cheaper because, for reasons no one knows, brown eggs cost more here than white eggs in Massachusetts) with one brown one. As far as I know, there’s no difference in food value… Read More ›
A LOST SUNDAY
It wasn’t really lost, but is was lost-ish. I had a lot of plans for the day since this is probably the only reasonably cool day we are getting this week. But then Owen said, “Hey, I moved that cabinet… Read More ›
DESTROYING JUSTICE
A Not So Supreme Decision, by Rich Paschall When the news leaked that the Supreme Court was going to overturn Roe vs Wade, it was quite a shock to the nation. Wasn’t this 1973 decision a matter of settled law?… Read More ›
HOT OR COLD
CBWC: Hot or Cold One hot, one cold. It turns out to be hard to show hot than to show cold in black and white.
GIVING IT YOUR ALL
Ohm Nanon Friend City review, by Rich Paschall When you are working on a project that has a very personal meaning, you will want to give it all your energy and devotion. You would hope that everyone else involved in… Read More ›
AUTUMN AT LAKE CHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUG
FOTD – August 27th – Sliding into autumn It’s just the end of August, but the maple tree by the front window is turning yellow. I don’t think these are fall colors. More like dying leaves from lack of rain… Read More ›
GET TO THE POINT
Blogging Insights NF # 51 — “Good value for money” TODAY’S QUOTE: First, I never believe any blogger who says he or she is “only writing for him/herself.” If you are writing for yourself, why do you have a blog?… Read More ›
IF WE KNEW THE FUTURE
A FRIDAY FLASHBACK FROM AUGUST 25, 2019 I can see the future. Everyone can. Take a look at the present. Extrapolate what’s likely to happen. It’s not magic, it’s logic. Intentions made real. Probabilities aligned. We see ahead as accurately as we need… Read More ›
KILLING HIM WITH KINDNESS
Someone on Twitter asked how we (I assume anyone reading the tweet) would feel if Trump got life in prison. I thought that wasn’t nearly enough punishment for him. I want him to be forced to sit in a well-lighted… Read More ›
SUNFLOWERS
FOTD – August 26 – Sunflowers Today the sunflowers pass from floral decorations to food for the birds and other seed-loving creatures of hedge and bough. They have gone to a better place. I’m pretty sure that they were what… Read More ›
WITH A MIDDLING “N”
CMMC – August Alphabet Letter N in the middle of the word “N” was an easy letter. I’m just grateful I wasn’t searching for a “Q” in the middle. That could get dicey.
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 