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Opinionated writer with hopes for a better future for all plus a big helping of cynicism.

• FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #104: EDUCATION!

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-15 • ( 6 )

  

  Fandango’s Provocative Question #104: WHAT SHOULD THEY TEACH IN SCHOOL? Fandango wants to know…   How about just about anything? Like history? Literature? Truth? Science? Philosophy? Right and wrong? Hey, how about teaching them some kind of math that lets… Read More ›

• GLUED TO THE NEWS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-14 • ( 21 )

  

  I admit it. Other than a short car ride with Owen today, I watched the news. Garry has a cold. Not a really bad cold, but he was already bummed having realized that NOTHING he thought was going to get… Read More ›

• YESTERDAY AND AGAIN, TODAY

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-14 • ( 7 )

  Yesterday was really a wild day for news and probably it will be the same today. I think — or at least I profoundly hope — that the biggest group of crazies has blown their cover and won’t be able… Read More ›

• THE WILD WILD WORLD OF NEWS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-14 • ( 0 )

  It’s not as if the past four years have been a peaceful period in the news biz. News has been hyperactive since Bill Clinton’s administrations. It has been full of wars (new and old), racial and social divisions, immigration, terrorism,… Read More ›

• THAT BIG SILVER DISCO BALL!

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-14 • ( 18 )

  

  Upwardly Mobile When was the last time you saw a disco ball on the ceiling of a club? When was the last time you were in a club? For that matter, when was the last time you went dancing? I… Read More ›

• TRUTHFUL TUESDAY ON THURSDAY

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-14 • ( 6 )

  Truthful Tuesday: January 13th, 2020 I have been so obsessed by watching the news for the past few days, I hadn’t had time to even read my comments. Apparently neither did anyone else. Along with the alarming nature of the… Read More ›

• I WOULD NEVER LET THESE LOVELY CREATURES ANYWHERE NEAR MY UPHOLSTERY

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-13 • ( 9 )

  

  Don’t sit on the upholstery More birds. Today was the day I figured out why my camera was taking pictures in RAW which I never intended to do. I found the setting! Yay! I also did a little bit of swapping… Read More ›

• SHARING MY WORLD UNDER SIEGE

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-12 • ( 15 )

  Share Your World — On a Scale of 1 to 10 I wrote about this. I don’t even remember when or if it was the intro to a reblog, a comment to a blog, or a separate piece. My memory is… Read More ›

• NEW FOOD FOR THE FINCHES!

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-12 • ( 17 )

  

  I bought special fancy food for the finches. It includes their favorite stuff including dried fruit. They really LOVE fruit. I put it out yesterday, but it was new, so it wasn’t until around the middle of the day today… Read More ›

• SQUIRRELS MAKING AN INCREDIBLE MESS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-12 • ( 12 )

  

  I shouldn’t blame it on the squirrels It’s the birds who made the real mess. And trust me, it’s really a mess. Just to make it even worse, I bought a couple of bags of special fancy food for the… Read More ›

• TRUTHFUL TUESDAY ON WEDNESDAY

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-12 • ( 5 )

  

  Truthful Tuesday: January 6th, 2021 Since I was going to answer this question anyway, this seemed like a good moment to jump in. We seem to be on the same track. This is an answer, but it’s also a story… Read More ›

• A PEOPLIZED WORLD

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 2021-01-11 • ( 24 )

  

  Once upon a time — not all that long ago — most of North American was “open” space. There was room for predators. Room for herds of antelope, bison, deer and elk. Wild goats lived in the mountains with mountain… Read More ›