Share Your World 23rd January It’s a rare day that I only get to this prompt so late in the week, but we’ve been running around and we aren’t done quite yet. Do you find it relatively easy to fall asleep… Read More ›
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UXBRIDGE BY NIGHT by GARRY ARMSTRONG
They haven’t put up the holiday lights yet. They usually do it at the beginning of December, so if it doesn’t snow too much, early next week the lights will go up. Hope everybody had a good holiday, no matter… Read More ›
CATCHING UP ON SLEEP
I stopped sleeping soundly when Owen was a baby. It turns out newborns don’t make a lot of noise. It takes a few weeks before they develop the lung power to jar you out of a deep sleep and get… Read More ›
CAST OFF THIS TATTERED CLOAK
We have had a series of hazy nights. While everyone else was getting glorious sharp pictures of the super moon, I got an enchanted, hazy moon that peeked at me from between the branches of an oak tree. It was… Read More ›
BRIGHT LIGHTS AT NIGHT
Bright Lights at Night After managing to connect to the wrong blog yesterday, I return, cringing with embarrassment and offer a few square night pictures.
WHAT LURKS IN THE DARK? – Marilyn Armstrong
Humans, throughout history, have feared the dark. Our eyes are not well-adapted to seeing in low light levels and we fear what we cannot see. Our hearing is not as acute as our feline and canine companions. Nor can our… Read More ›
BESIEGED BY FLYING SQUIRRELS – Marilyn Armstrong
In the midst of the madness, the flying squirrels come every night and eat at least four or five pounds of birdseed. That’s approximately 2 kilos. We’ve stopped filling the feeder every night because there’s food in the forest and… Read More ›
LIGHTS AT NIGHT: PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
A Photo a Week Challenge: Light the Night
A PERFECT GIFT – Marilyn Armstrong
“I want these earrings, or something as close to it as you can find,” I said, handing him the picture, item number and the website address. The trouble is, my husband doesn’t take orders. If I say I want those… Read More ›
CROSSROADS AND CONTRACTS – Marilyn Armstrong
It was a cold night. Not just wintry cold, but a deep, damp, clammy cold that climbed into your joints and made everything hurt. A light fog covered the ground yet it shed no light. If you squinted, you could… Read More ›
UXBRIDGE BY NIGHT – Garry Armstrong
They haven’t put up the holiday lights yet. They usually do it at the beginning of December, so if it doesn’t snow too much, early next week the lights will go up. Hope everybody had a good holiday, no matter… Read More ›
BEING AN EXPERT ON ME – Marilyn Armstrong
I know a few things. Along the road of life, I’ve done a bit of reading and studying. Like many writers, I’m a generalist. I know something about this, that, and a bit about that other thing. A lot about… Read More ›
MOONSETTING AS THE SUN RISES – Marilyn Armstrong
I used to long for many things. Later, I did most of them. Now they are memories. No need for longing. These past few years have been difficult. For once, not because of illness of dire poverty, but because the… Read More ›
ADVENT FOR CHRISTMAS – Marilyn Armstrong
Weekly Photo Challenge – Advent I came to Christmas late. Born of Jewish and atheist parents, we had no celebration at all. Oh, how I envied the boisterous enthusiasm of my Christian friends! The tree. The gifts. The decorations. The… Read More ›
STREETLIGHTS: A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
A Photo a Week Challenge: Street Lights Streetlights. I love them! Especially in a city when the streets are a little wet from recent rain. The street light reflects in rainbow colors and the neon signs make a night in the… Read More ›
JUNE IS SQUARE: THE FINAL ROOF #30 – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s that time of year again and squares are back! I can’t believe it. It’s been a whole month of rooves and roofs. On barns and teepees. On boats and tall buildings. From Boston to a museum by the Blackstone,… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 