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

• LIFE CAN GET MESSY

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/14/2023 • ( 26 )

  

  Right now, life is very messy. I’ve got anemia and it needs treatment. Garry’s glaucoma seems to be acting up — OR he’s got some problem with migraines OR both are connected. The problem is, he can’t see properly and… Read More ›

• THE DAILY DILLY-DALLY

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/13/2023 • ( 3 )

  

  The Morning Dawdler – Tri-weekly questions for your entertainment Today’s questions are food-centric, which is very appropriate as I’m about to start to cook dinner. It’s fish tonight and it was fish last night. Finally, after a really long time,… Read More ›

• WHEN NEWS WASN’T ALWAYS DEPRESSING

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/13/2023 • ( 6 )

  

  There was a time — and I can remember it — when reading, watching, or listening to news was not depressing. It could be upsetting. It was often exciting. Now, it’s usually depressing mixed with horrifying, demoralizing, and terrifying. Twice… Read More ›

• BLACK & WHITE MUSIC

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/12/2023 • ( 4 )

  

  CBWC: Anything to do with Music I know I have more pictures, but how did I file them? At least these I knew under what names I filed them. Am I ever going to get better at this? Probably not. I… Read More ›

• AMBER

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/12/2023 • ( 9 )

  

  CMMC: January Amber Colors I thought I’d post a couple of pictures of amber itself. I used to have a necklace which for some reason I can’t find. Maybe I gave it away?

• SELF-GENERATING AIs?

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/12/2023 • ( 12 )

  

  Fandango’s Provocative Question #198 Unless AI “brains” suddenly develop an ability to grow intelligence beyond what was built into them, it won’t happen. That being said, it doesn’t mean they won’t take over huge sections of writing currently held by live… Read More ›

• OLD VERSUS NEW-FASHIONED?

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/11/2023 • ( 11 )

  

  Questions for you to answer in your own time over your favourite cuppa. Here are the questions du jour: Can you find the the mistake in this lineup A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z? You should never ask me questions about grammar. Such questions force… Read More ›

• FIVE “DON’T DO’EMS” FOR 2023

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/11/2023 • ( 14 )

  5 Things I Plan Not Doing This Year What I plan to not do this year. Don’t always follow challenges. Find your own inspiration and write about that. I want to enjoy writing and not feel everything needs to be… Read More ›

• FUN AND FEATHERS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/11/2023 • ( 8 )

  

  CFFC: Feathers Birds of many feathers always flock together as long as there are seeds in the feeder, but some birds flock together because they love flocking.

• A SHARE FOR JANUARY 10, 2023

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/10/2023 • ( 18 )

  

  Share Your World 9th January 2023 I thought today was Martin Luther King Day because since I retired, I have no idea what day of the week or month it is. Regardless, MLK day is more a “school” than a work… Read More ›

• THE MORNING DAWDLER

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/10/2023 • ( 9 )

  

  Questions for you to answer over your favourite cuppa. Have you ever learned to fight or taken self-defence lessons – why did you feel this was necessary or was this something that you wanted to know to feel safer? I… Read More ›

• TERRORISTS IN RED WHITE & BLUE

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/09/2023 • ( 39 )

  

  I figured it out. It took me all this time to see what has been right in front of me. Those far right-wing Republicans are not conservatives. They are not even Republicans. They are terrorists wrapped in red, white and… Read More ›

• OUTLIVING THE BITCHES – AN OLDIE, BUT STILL A GOODIE

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/09/2023 • ( 11 )

  

  One Sunday in church, Pastor’s sermon was about forgiveness. He asked everyone in the church to stand up. Then he asked those who had any enemies to sit down. Everyone sat down but one very old woman. “You have no enemies at… Read More ›

• THE LAST BOUQUET OF 2022

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/08/2023 • ( 2 )

  

  FOTD – January 8 – The last bouquet of 2022 It’s been around for a couple of weeks and still in good shape. It’s nice to have a living remembrance of recent holidays.

• NEW! OMD EM-10 M-III

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/07/2023 • ( 13 )

  

  After a lot of hemming, hawing, and hoping I could somehow get the old OMD EM5 M-I to work again, I gave up. I don’t have a lot of money to spend and the camera I wanted — the EM-5… Read More ›

• MY OLD CARCASS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/07/2023 • ( 22 )

  

  Our family doctor was absolutely dead on target when he said that my problem is that I’m not absorbing iron. I was also right that some of the problem is the rheumatoid arthritis and another chunk of the problem is… Read More ›