Garry and I got our second booster this week. Garry had almost no reaction. I thought I was on edge of death. It was a lot like the reaction I got after the second part of the original vaccination, but… Read More ›
Health
WAY BACK WHEN
One of the hardest parts of getting older being unable to do the stuff you used to do. This might not sound like a big deal. After all, if you were athletic, those abilities will typically pass, sometimes, quite early…. Read More ›
WE ARE ALL SURVIVORS
In 2010, I discovered I had cancer in both breasts. Two unrelated tumors making me twice lucky. They removed the tumors and the associated breasts, gave me very attractive replacements which are perkier than the old ones in an artificial… Read More ›
UPDATE: MARILYN – SATURDAY PM
FLASHBACK FRIDAY On Saturday – Originally written on March 19, 2014 by Garry Armstrong. Update by Marilyn. Not all flashbacks are fun to read or remember. Eight years ago, I was in Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital trying to stay alive…. Read More ›
A DAY OF RECKONING
I’ve been fighting to get MassAdvantage to work with us rather than against us. We are their customers, people who use their doctors and hospital who they enlisted in this plan. This isn’t a national or even regional plan. It’s… Read More ›
RERUNS, SURVIVAL, AND DRUG PRICES
ANOTHER YEAR ROLLS AROUND Yesterday was my 12th anniversary on this blog. I have written more than 12,000 posts and have just under 30,000 photographs in the media library. I have been a very busy lady. I try to add… Read More ›
THE FPQ OF STRESS RELIEF
Fandango’s Provocative Question #154 He wants to know how we relieve stress. Ha! Find something funny to watch. Movie, TV, whatever does it for you. If the movie doesn’t work for you, how about a book? I have a great selection… Read More ›
EXACTLY AS I EXPECTED – BUT MAYBE WORSE
I spent nearly all day on the phone trying to get a prescription for Procardia — a standard, not new, not special, blood pressure medication. I have to take it in three doses because I don’t have a stomach and… Read More ›
TINKER BELLE – Marilyn Armstrong
Can you set a price on love? Can you set a number to it? Can you calculate it by the cost of health care, toys, dog food? Grooming? Tinker Belle was a Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, also called PBGVs or… Read More ›
REGRETS & HOPES – 2022 & BEYOND
Blogging Insights — New Format # 26 These last few years have been unusually regretful. I’m not big on looking back, holding grudges, or storing anger, but in one way or the other, between the crazies and their aluminum foil… Read More ›
WHERE’S MY STUFF, PART TWO – RICH PASCHALL
The Workforce Dilemma, by Rich Paschall If you were following the national news at all last year, you may have noticed that Secretary Of Transportation Pete Buttigieg (aka Mayor Pete), was traveling the country promoting the infrastructure bill. He spent… Read More ›
NO MASKS AND THE RED DEATH – RICH PASCHALL
The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had been ever so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avator and its seal — the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains and sudden dizziness… … Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 