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As a reporter for Channel 7 in Boston for 31 years, I was witness to most of the major events affecting the region. I met a lot of people ... politicians, actors, moguls, criminals and many regular folks caught up in extraordinary situations. Sometimes, I write about the people I've met and places I've been. Sometimes, I write about life, my family, my dogs and me. Or what might otherwise be called Life.

• OUR COUNTRY IS LIKE A SITCOM, MINUS THE LAUGHTER

  By Garry Armstrong on 05/11/2024 • ( 13 )

  

  The late night talk show hosts continue their Trump-filled monologues despite an impassioned rant from the late show jefe, Jon Stewart, to brake the bus and focus on other critical issues. Life endangering issues like climate change, abortion rights, big… Read More ›

• PHOTOS FROM BLACKSTONE by GARRY ARMSTRONG

  By Garry Armstrong on 04/28/2024 • ( 32 )

  

  PHOTOS OF MARILYN There is — at last — a new cardiologist for Marilyn. It’s tough getting a cardiologist anywhere but it’s especially difficult in this area. There aren’t enough cardiologists anywhere and fewer in Worcester county. The stone bridge… Read More ›

• BOSTON BUSING & MEDIA COVERAGE – GARRY ARMSTRONG

  By Garry Armstrong on 04/20/2024 • ( 9 )

  

  During my ABC Network News stint (3 years), I covered major international stories. These included the civil rights movement and the war in Vietnam. While I was in Vietnam in 1967, I met LBJ who revealed he wouldn’t seek re-election… Read More ›

• HEMINGWAY- MAN AND LEGEND – GARRY ARMSTRONG

  By Garry Armstrong on 04/05/2024 • ( 13 )

  

  Hemingway was my first literary hero. He wrote the way people talked. Brief, blunt and brave. I consumed his novels as a teenager the way I would finish off a pizza. I couldn’t put it down. “The Sun Also Rises”… Read More ›

• HOLLYWOOD AND MATURE ACTRESSES – GARRY ARMSTRONG

  By Garry Armstrong on 03/31/2024 • ( 12 )

  

  Things are better for mature film actresses now than they were back in Hollywood’s “golden age.”  A look the award-winning films of past years include names like Helen Mirren, Meryl Streep, Annette Benning, Viola Davis,, and Charlotte Rampling. All these… Read More ›

• JAMES CAGNEY ON A SUMMER AFTERNOON – GARRY ARMSTRONG

  By Garry Armstrong on 03/23/2024 • ( 33 )

  

  This story goes back to the early ’70s. My mind gets a little bit hazy. I always thought I’d remember everything, but it turns out, you forget. So much other stuff happens. Older events get pushed back behind all the… Read More ›

• MYSTERY OF THE SOCK BY THE POST OFFICE DOOR – GARRY ARMSTRONG

  By Garry Armstrong on 03/23/2024 • ( 29 )

  

  It was early March. A rare springlike day beckoned to us. It was time for our first photo session since Marilyn began rehabbing from heart valve surgery. We focused on the ground, avoiding the sucking mud from the endless monsoons…. Read More ›

• STROLLING OUR RIVERS – GARRY ARMSTRONG

  By Garry Armstrong on 03/11/2024 • ( 28 )

  

  Marilyn assured me my photos required no significant processing, just minimal cropping and size reduction. I thought it was a huge compliment. I think finally getting a bit of sunshine may have helped too. Happy birthday to Marilyn on her… Read More ›

• ROADS AND OTHER PATHS – GARRY ARMSTRONG

  By Garry Armstrong on 03/08/2024 • ( 26 )

  

  CWWC:  Roads and Other Paths I went out to mail some batteries back to the company who sent them — they didn’t work — and I took the camera with me. Lo and behold, this is the perfect place for… Read More ›

• A TRULY BAD, ROTTEN, AWFUL MOVIE AND STILL, I KEPT WATCHING – GARRY ARMSTRONG

  By Garry Armstrong on 03/04/2024 • ( 17 )

  

  By now, everyone knows I love old movies. I take special delight in the early 1930s stuff where you see stars and character actors while they were very young and just establishing their screen personae. Barbara Stanwyck is a particular… Read More ›

• IT WAS A COLD, SNOWY DAY

  By Garry Armstrong on 02/14/2024 • ( 5 )

  

  PHOTOS: GARRY ARMSTRONG Garry took the camera outside for a few pictures. He promised he would not go crazy. While he was outside, the plow showed up and that was interesting. He tried getting some shots of the Duke, but… Read More ›

• NOW AND THEN: MARILYN’S RECUPERATION By GARRY ARMSTRONG

  By Garry Armstrong on 02/11/2024 • ( 32 )

  

  It’s Saturday, mid afternoon under a lazy, warm February day with sunshine and April Fool’s warmth. It’s the one week anniversary of Marilyn’s return home from a three week hospital stay, culminated by successful surgery to repair a torn mitral… Read More ›