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

• WHAT’S IN THE CUPBOARD?

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/28/2023 • ( 4 )

  

  All I wanted to do was open some windows. It was a lovely day and the sun was shining. Well, it was shining in the morning, anyway. Later, not so much. Still, since I don’t seem to be going anywhere… Read More ›

• ALMOST SPRING

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/28/2023 • ( 14 )

  

  Share Your World 27th March Much to my chagrin, we are “rebounding” on COVID. Not seriously, but enough so I feel like the progress I made is disappearing. I’m not desperately ill, but I’m not where I hoped I’d be by… Read More ›

• MEDIA WAR STORIES, EPISODE 7

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/27/2023 • ( 28 )

  

  It’s showtime again. This show was taped in Connecticut. No video boxes because (ta da), Tom and Garry are together on the set in Tom’s studio. It’s a very funny episode. It’s especially interesting how their being together changes the… Read More ›

• CACTUS FLOWERS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/27/2023 • ( 6 )

  

  FOTD – March 27 – Cactus flowers in early spring My Christmas cactus has given up any relationship to winter holidays and seems to have decided to flower all the time. A flower blooms, a new bud forms. The flower dies?… Read More ›

• PRETTIEST LITTLEST RED SQUIRREL

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/26/2023 • ( 3 )

  

  Since I stopped filling the flat feeders, we don’t get as many squirrels. That doesn’t mean we don’t get squirrels. If you get up early in the morning — especially right after dawn — you will easily see a dozen… Read More ›

• BLUEBIRDS ARE BACK

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/26/2023 • ( 11 )

  

  I have gone from seeds to suet only because the Brown-headed Cowbirds cannot cling and thus do not eat the suet, though I’m sure they would if they could. So I have left the suet feeders up. Most of the… Read More ›

• MEDIA WAR STORIES, EPISODE 6

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/24/2023 • ( 8 )

  

  Episode 6 has arrived! Please welcome John Corcoran (but everyone calls him “Corc”) who used to live here (and there, and also there) and is now in California and like the rest of us, retired. He’s got a lot of… Read More ›

• FLYING IN BLACK & WHITE

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/24/2023 • ( 11 )

  

  CBWC:  Anything in Flight Things that fly naturally on the wings with which they are born — and things that fly by power. All in living black & white.

• ORCHIDS AND THE BEGINNING OF NEW CACTUS FLOWERS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/24/2023 • ( 23 )

  

  Owen says we have a huge number of crocuses suddenly in the main garden — many more than last year. I haven’t been outside in a while, so tomorrow I willl try to get myself downstairs and outside with my… Read More ›

• THE FINAL PIN FALLS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/23/2023 • ( 26 )

  

  And now, it’s Garry’s turn. He got up, did a telephone visit with the doctor, got his prescription for paxlovid, instructed to take mine until his come home with Owen later. Then, I put him back to bed. I knew… Read More ›

• OUTSIDE

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/23/2023 • ( 13 )

  

  I stood at my bathroom window looking out. It’s a different angle to the one I usually have, from either the dining room or kitchen — or even Garry’s bathroom. Mine is at the very end of the house and… Read More ›

• THE PROBLEMS OF GETTING COVID TREATMENT

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/22/2023 • ( 6 )

  

  Considering how many vaccinations we’ve had, I would have liked if they’d worked longer. They didn’t prevent us from getting it — though Garry is still negative — but they did keep us from getting really bad cases. Everyone told… Read More ›

• DRIVING HERE, FLYING THERE

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/22/2023 • ( 8 )

  

  CFFC: Things People Drive The “St. Olaf Choir bus” is definitely a family favorite! Otherwise, I love flying in small airplanes. When we were all younger, we had friends who had planes. Little ones and it was great fun getting to… Read More ›

• CRAZY BEAUTIFUL ORCHIDS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/22/2023 • ( 15 )

  

  FOTD – March 22 – Crazy beautiful orchids I’ve been growing orchids for a few years now, but I have to say I have never grown orchids like these. They are stunning. Huge. Breathtaking.

• BIG THUMBS UP FOR PAXLOVID

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/21/2023 • ( 6 )

  

  Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir, sold under the brand name Paxlovid, is an oral medication developed by Pfizer used as a treatment for COVID-19. It contains antiviral medications nirmatrelvir and ritonavir.

• VERY CLOSE UP – MACRO ORCHIDS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/21/2023 • ( 6 )

  

  FOTD – March 21 – Orchid macros in purple and white I am not feeling up to writing much but I took a few pictures. The orchids are gorgeous.