Day: 09/10/2022

ALL THINGS ELECTRIC ARE GREEN?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/10/2022 • ( 13 )

Some people can afford an electric car. We can’t. That’s my starting point and probably my conclusion, too. For us, it’s a non-choice. Even if they made the cars cheap enough to buy, I’m not sure I’d buy one and… Read More ›

RECHARGING MY WORLD

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/10/2022 • ( 17 )

Everything — or nearly everything — runs on batteries. Rechargeable batteries. Laptops, tablets, Kindles, mobile phones, headphones, cameras, mouses (mice have fur and make squeaky noises while mouses attach to your computer), GPS, clocks, flashlights, remote controls, electric razors, tooth cleaning… Read More ›

SO I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND FOUND OUT I’M ALIVE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/10/2022 • ( 14 )

When you’ve had a lot of health problems and you have to make your annual pilgrimage to the cardiologist, you want to hear only good things. I was lucky because basically, I heard nothing. No news is good news. Everything… Read More ›

BEYOND THE FRINGE: I’D RATHER BE A JUDGE THAN A MINER

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/10/2022 • ( 6 )

FLASHBACK FRIDAY FROM THIS DAY IN 2018 We now, after almost 350 years of nationhood, have a president who thinks mining — coal mining — is a good idea and a fine way to make a living. Oddly enough, someone… Read More ›