PHOTOS BY GARRY ARMSTRONG For Fandango’s Flashback Friday Talk about time in a bottle, this was the best pumpkin patch ever. Hyannis in mid-October 2013. Did we buy pumpkins? Sure, of course. We bought two pretty big ones. Not the… Read More ›
Holidays
THE HOLIDAY MENU FOLLOWUP
As usual, by today most of the pain from the fibro was gone, but I was exhausted. Even the idea of writing something new was beyond me. Tomorrow I’ll be kind of normal. A few days ago, everything started to… Read More ›
THE DAY AFTER
Yesterday was an official holiday. These days, being retired and all, we don’t pay a lot of attention to most holidays, but we’ve had a run a really bad weather since June. This is the first time in almost a… Read More ›
LABOR DAY – SHARING!
SHARE YOUR WORLD 9-6-2021 After a summer of rainy, steamy, hot, and mosquito-riddled months, it’s September. The temperature is more or less normal. Nice. Cool, sunny, dry — and the leaves are thinking about changing color. QUESTIONS Do you believe in… Read More ›
TIME AND REMEMBERANCE – MEMORIAL DAY 2021
Memorial Day (formerly Decoration Day) is observed on the last Monday of May. It commemorates the men and women who died in military service. In observance of the holiday, many people visit cemeteries and memorials, and volunteers place American flags… Read More ›
JUST ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY 2021: IT’S WORLD SHARING TIME
Share Your World — May 25th Photographs: Garry Armstrong It must be the end of May because Memorial Day in just about here. Where did the year go? And why — considering I’ve done nothing much all year — am I… Read More ›
BAKING, COOKING, EATING, AND BLOATED
I wasn’t sure I had the strength to write anything tonight. Owen and I spent the day in the kitchen. We made a brisket — half a brisket because the whole thing was big enough to feed at least eight… Read More ›
#FPQ – OH CARELESS LOVE
Fandango’s Provocative Question #108 From the internationally famous Fandango comes this Valentine’s Day question: I hate the fuss and fury made over Valentine’s day. I thought it was fun when I was in third grade and we got to cut out… Read More ›
I AM HOME – By RICH PASCHALL
A piece of home alone fiction by Rich Paschall The alarm went off at 6 am as usual. Instead of hitting the snooze bar, George turned off the alarm and got up. It was Wednesday, trash collection day in the small… Read More ›
OLD LONG SINCE – RICH PASCHALL
Goodbye and Good Riddance, by Rich Paschall When 2020 finally comes screeching to a halt, no one is going to say what a wonderful year it was. No one will wish to live it again. There is nothing good to… Read More ›
BOXING DAY
We didn’t do presents this year. As it turned out, I didn’t do presents, but Garry and Owen did. Months ago, I bought three new unstuffed stuffies for the Duke. He got a new fox, an opossum, and something that… Read More ›
CHRISTMAS PICTURES OF NOW AND YEARS GONE BY
What I always liked about Christmas has been the brightness, the friendliness. The parties. Light. Gift-giving. Dinner together. Cookies and eggnog and mince pie. I was not born to be part of Christmas, but I married into it twice. The… Read More ›
