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Opinionated writer with hopes for a better future for all plus a big helping of skepticism about humanity.
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INTERVIEWING DEATH
My fame as An Important Blogger has apparently spread beyond the realm of the living into the nether regions. A few days ago, I got a call from Death himself. His text, asking for a “one-on-one” interview popped right up… Read More ›
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AND THE SEASON ROLLS ON
FOTD – October 24 – Foliage I suppose I could write about another flower, like my mums which are alive and blooming on the deck, but I have about a thousand foliage pictures — mine and Garry’s together, that is. They… Read More ›
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PUBLIC ART AND THE PHOTOGRAPHING THEREOF
PPAC: #19 I haven’t contributed to this because I have so little to contribute. Uxbridge doesn’t have public art. We used to have three lovely mosaics on the wall across from the Mumford dam, but sometime between last Thursday and… Read More ›
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COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME
New England’s Autumn – At Peak It’s getting the end of the foliage getting better and now into the slow slide until all the leaves are on the ground. I think we are as peak as we are getting this… Read More ›
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THE OLD FIRE TRUCK
CBWC: Fire Prevention Uxbridge’s Number 2 pumping fire engine was put out to pasture before we moved here. I’m guessing that would be about 25 years ago. For 15 of those years, it sat in an empty field across from… Read More ›
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AND THEN, THERE’S AMAZON …
Fandango’s Provocative Question #140 First, congratulations. 140 is a lot of posting and reading and commenting. I really enjoy doing this particular challenge. Now, to the question: This is easy to explain, but I have a feeling I’m going to use… Read More ›
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MORE SQUARES FROM THE PAST
A Flowery Past I have a lot of flowers and a lot of the pictures are square. On the other hand, some of my square flowers are also pink. Call that a double whammy!
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TWISTED, SQUIGGLY, SQUIRMY AND WIGGLY
CFFC: Twisted or Squiggly I have no idea what I’ll find in my huge collection of pictures I can’t find no matter what I do — and WordPress’s “fix” of the media library has made finding many things outright impossible. That… Read More ›
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FOTD – COUNTRY ROADS
FOTD – October 20 – Farm Around the Corner Where should we go? Garry thought we should go down Chestnut Street and visit the farms along the river. Yes, the same Blackstone River. Wherever you go in the valley, you… Read More ›
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SHARING MY WORLD. GOOD GRIEF IT’S ALMOST NOVEMBER!
SHARE YOUR WORLD 10-18-2021 Photos by Garry Armstrong Holy Mackerel! Wait a minute. Is a mackerel holy? Why? What did I miss? I just know last I looked, it was warm and a bit sticky and we were hoping the Sox… Read More ›
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AUTUMN LEAVES – GARRY’S COLLECTION
FOTD – October 18 – Still Autumn Leaves Some of our pictures look very much the same, but then you can really see the difference. As a start, Garry is much more people-centric and if there are people around, he will… Read More ›
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PORTRAITS SQUARED UP
Portraits of Us by Us We take each other’s pictures, but Garry is the really dogged, determined portraitist. I sometimes feel like every time I turn around, he’s there with the camera. I frequently feel as if I ruined his… Read More ›
