Last week, Garry and Tom recorded two episodes. Today, with a west coast special guest, John Corcoran, they recorded what will become Episode 6. No problems, no issues, nothing came unplugged. It went by in half an hour with maybe… Read More ›
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FROM BUD TO BLOOM: NEW AND REBLOOMING
FOTD – March 11 – Birthday Orchids I expected a new orchid, but this is one is really splendid. Usually they are white, but not true white. More an “off white” with hints of pink or beige. These are snowy… Read More ›
SATURDAY’S DAWDLE
THE DAWDLER A welcome to all of you as I officially enter my 76th year. How time has flown! I swear that just yesterday I was young and sprightly … or maybe that was a few more years ago. It… Read More ›
LEARNING PHOTOGRAPHY FROM ALFRED EISENSTAEDT
We don’t need all the widgets in our cameras’ menus. We think we need them because camera manufacturers want us to think we need them. We don’t.
FROM BUD TO BLOOM
FOTD – March 10 – Bud to blossom: 12 hours in the life of an orchid Yesterday, it was a fat bud and when I got up this morning, it was a flower. As I guessed, it was purple. Well,… Read More ›
GIGGLE TIME: THE FUNERAL GUITARIST
Pulled from the internet — actually, from a Native American jewelry site — “The Ugly Otter” — this made me laugh. We could all use a laugh these days, so I figured “Why not?” The Funeral Guitarist As a guitarist,… Read More ›
AS TIME GOES BY
Share Your World – 7th March This week’s questions: Does your spouse/partner (or do you) help with the household chores? Yes. These days, he does. It took him a long time to come around, but I supposed retirement left him without… Read More ›
YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE ANSWER
At the end of July, I got a new medication from my doctor that hugely reduces the pain in my spine. It has been a long time since I was able to do much of anything. I had taken this… Read More ›
THE CROCUS ARE UP
FOTD – March 7 – Crocus Finally, the crocus are up. There are eleven, all purple. They are not in the garden. Instead, they moved and are now in front of the stone retaining wall. They look wonderful there. Those big… Read More ›
EPIPHANY: THE MOMENT OF CHANGE
Sometimes in life, we recognize the precise time when our life changed. Something happened. Maybe it was a phone call or a random conversation. It could be a letter or something we read in a book. It wasn’t necessarily an… Read More ›
THE ENEMY OF IGNORANCE
Originally posted on rjptalk:
Travel can open up the mind to so many things. Where would you like to go? What would you like to experience? The following appeared last year on SERENDIPITY. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and…
MY WEEKLY SPAM-O-METER
Spam Comment of the Week — Week 9 2023 I did what Fandango suggested and removed commenting on old posts. It didn’t remove spam, but it reduced it from hundreds a day to just a few. It has begun to rise… Read More ›
WRITING AND INSPIRATION
Stream Your Consciousness, by Rich Paschall Are you at a loss for what to write next? Are you searching for a suitable topic? Are you sitting in front of a blank screen? Do you have writer’s block? Do not worry!… Read More ›
I’LL FLY AWAY AND BIRDS IN FLIGHT
Thursday Inspiration #199 I had been planning to join this challenge, but it has been slipping by me. This is the first time I found the challenge before it was too old to use. I hope I’ve done it well…. Read More ›
CONTROL – THE LAST ILLUSION
Fandango’s Provocative Question #203 This is the third time Fandango has posed some variety of this question. I only know this because I knew I’d written about it before. It’s a subject I also find interesting. That was when I realized… Read More ›
BUDS AND FLOWERS
FOTD – March 3 – Buds and Flowers This is the official start of the spring season though it would be hard to tell looking around here. The snow is still melting from the other day, but it is warmer… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 