I don’t consider myself a mean spirited or a vindictive person. I avoid conflicts with others and I don’t think about revenge when someone slights me. My friends and family consider me a nice, decent, even sweet person. I even… Read More ›
Election
SO MANY FLOWERS ARE GONE – Marilyn Armstrong
When I started writing Serendipity eight years ago, I was enthusiastic and full of energy. Undisciplined. All over the place. Writing too much, leaping from subject to subject. Angry one day, mellow the next. Ranting about the wrongs of the… Read More ›
A SWITCH OF REALITIES – BY TOM CURLEY
Marilyn asked me to dig this one up from the archives. It took me a while to find it. It was written quite a while ago. If I didn’t tell you this you would swear it was brand new. Unless… Read More ›
WHAT ABOUT THE ELECTION? – Marilyn Armstrong
Georgia’s primary the other night was a warning to all of us of what may be coming. In the course of writing this blog, I’ve had direct communications with several real-life historians and all of them have said exactly the… Read More ›
DEAR REPUBLICAN SENATOR – By musingsofanoldfart
Dear Republican Senator As an independent and former Republican (and Democrat) voter, I try to read and watch several validated news sources. They are validated, as they try to get it right and print retractions when they don’t. I also… Read More ›
LET’S SWAP REALITIES – By TOM CURLEY
Hard to believe this was originally written more than two years ago, eh? It’s like we’re in another reality. Not a parallel reality. Just some weird place we never imagined we could ever be and most of us are still… Read More ›
ONCE UPON A TIME, WE HAD A GOVERNMENT – Marilyn Armstrong
For the past couple of weeks, Garry and I have been watching (again) all 7 seasons of “The West Wing.” Aside from being a brilliantly written show, it clarifies where we are as a nation. That we are fighting exactly… Read More ›
A PLAGUE? REALLY? – Marilyn Armstrong
The world is bizarre, though I think we have now passed any concept I’ve ever had of what bizarre means. I was afraid if Trump lost, the Secret Service would have to carry him bodily from the White House. I… Read More ›
LIES AND DREAMS – Marilyn Armstrong
I am now old enough and have been through enough elections with all the speechifying and promises that I know how it works. We finally settle on a candidate and quickly learn the promises made during an election process are… Read More ›
A GAY PRESIDENT – Rich Paschall
Is America ready? by Rich Paschall Let’s just say that you have a candidate for president that appears very likable, as political candidates go. He’s young and charming and smiles a lot. In this age of coarse political discourse, that… Read More ›
GOVERNMENT GAMES – Marilyn Armstrong
In my neighborhood, my right-hand neighbor hates cops. He doesn’t want to pay for them. The guy on the left resents school taxes. He never had kids. Never wanted them. He doesn’t want to pay for education none of his… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING WHILE WATCHING THE IOWA CAUCUSES – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 2-4-2020 This year, politics is more critical than I ever remember it. To be fair, though, I’ve always been fascinated by our elections, debates, primaries. How they work, how people make their decisions. This year in Iowa,… Read More ›
