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Opinionated writer with hopes for a better future for all plus a big helping of skepticism about humanity.

• TIME TO FEEL BETTER ALREADY

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/05/2022 • ( 20 )

  I’ve been feeling cruddy for months. I’m exhausted. Garry suggested that the cause of whatever this is might be the birds. There are a lot of diseases you can get by inhaling the dried feces of some wild birds, though… Read More ›

• DOES ANYBOODY GEET THIS?

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/05/2022 • ( 2 )

  

  Spam Comment of the Week — Week 48 2022 This was my favorite. There were a couple of really long ones in Tagalog (?) I think. Not Chinese or Japanese and not any alphabet I recognize. Or maybe it’s one of… Read More ›

• THE HOLLY LACKING IVY

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/05/2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Our holly bush is not a bush. It’s huge. It’s full of robin’s nests and probably other birds nests. This is the time of year when it would normally produce berries, but the birds get to them before my camera… Read More ›

• LAST NOVEMBER PHOTOS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/03/2022 • ( 15 )

  

  Last on the Card – November 2022 Just these two this time. Anything left in the Pen F has been there since October or the very beginning of November. These two were taken on November 28 and 30th respectively.

• END OF THE AUTUMN BOUQUET

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/03/2022 • ( 0 )

  

  FOTD – December 3 – The Nearly Dead Autumn Bouquet I actually like how autumn flowers dry. This was almost the end of this bouquet. A few more days and it hit the trash can.

• BLUEBIRDS ARE BACK!

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/02/2022 • ( 4 )

  

  I looked out my window and what did I see? The bluebirds were back. It made me feel better. For some reason, seeing the bluebirds always makes me feel better. The little red house finches have been abundant lately and… Read More ›

• THE SHORT OF IT – IN BLACK & WHITE

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/02/2022 • ( 2 )

  

  CBWC: Short Items Little, short, and even smaller! All in living black & white.

• THE CHANGING SEASONS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/01/2022 • ( 6 )

  

  This is November 2022 November wasn’t a big picture-taking month for me, either. I think I blew my wad on October’s 10 days of blazing color. As October ended, the leaves fell from the trees and while we have had some… Read More ›

• DOES YOUR DOCTOR IGNORE YOU?

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/01/2022 • ( 9 )

  

  My son had to find a new doctor because not only did his doctor ignore him, but never, in two years, did she have time to actually SEE him in person. She had, from when Garry and I had used… Read More ›

• LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/01/2022 • ( 7 )

  

  Fandango’s Provocative Question #192 Let’s start by pointing out that Garry was sort of a little famous when we got married as well as for a lot of years before we got married and at least at Hannaford’s grocery in downtown… Read More ›

• GETTING SICK, GETTING BETTER, WHERE’S THE LENS?

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/30/2022 • ( 12 )

  

  I was assured I’d have the lens today. As a matter of fact, UPS said I’d have the lens today except I don’t have it because UPS sent me a note saying it was going to be tomorrow. Okay then…. Read More ›

• I SOLD A BOOK

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/30/2022 • ( 16 )

  

  Actually I sold two in October and they were hard-copies, so I got almost $3.00. This month, it was a European online sale because I made $0.29. I know I also sold one in Japan, but I didn’t get a… Read More ›

• RACING TOWARDS CHRISTMAS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/29/2022 • ( 8 )

  

  Share Your World 28th November I’m not sure why we make the holiday season into such an insane rush. It’s Halloween but before we’ve eaten the candy we are in a mad hysteria about Thanksgiving. Then, before we’ve finished eating the… Read More ›

• INTUITION?

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/29/2022 • ( 11 )

  

  Blogging Insights – NF # 62 : Intuition What do you need to be a writer? This one offers you just one sentence: intuition. Well, hot flash. I takes a bit more than intuition. Far be it for me to… Read More ›

• THE BEST EVER FRESH TURKEY

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/28/2022 • ( 7 )

  

  Owen’s friend went out today and found a fresh turkey on sale at Stop & Shop. It was reduced from $24 to (are you ready?) 39 cents/pound. We got a 12-lb. turkey for $4.50 cents, give or take a few… Read More ›

• SEEING THE FUTURE

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/28/2022 • ( 2 )

  

  I used to read Tarot cards and do horoscopes. I quit. But… I did the readings for free and had limits on what I’d tell anyone. I expected people to abide by them. I would not read anything for children… Read More ›