Garry complains a lot, but really, he isn’t complaining about one thing. Mostly, he’s complaining about getting old. He doesn’t like it. It wasn’t on his schedule. He was planning to be young. How did this happen? Like everyone else,… Read More ›
Relationships
THE SAME AND DIFFERENT
Fandango’s Provocative Question #128 Not even the birds agree on this. Some birds come in flocks. Blue Jays and Goldfinches. Sometimes Tufted Titmouses. Starlings. Doves may come as a flock, but also show up individual or as couples. Some birds, like… Read More ›
FRIENDS
How many friends does a grown up actually need? It’s interesting that this subject has come up now since Garry and I had a long talk about this just the other day. We had turned down an invitation to a… Read More ›
THE CYNIC WAS RIGHT
My mother was not a regular kind of mom. This confused me a lot while I was growing up. Other mothers made cookies, kissed boo-boos. Hung out with the other mothers in summertime. Swapped recipes. Watched soap operas. My mother didn’t bake… Read More ›
JE NE REGRETTE RIEN
Fandango’s Provocative Question #122 I stand with Edith Piaf. I regret nothing except, perhaps, things I might have done, but didn’t. I find myself with little to regret. I wish we’d put more money away, but I didn’t have anything to… Read More ›
FLAG DAY: TO MOM ON HER 104th BIRTHDAY
Today is “Flag Day,” but here, it is much more. It’s my Mom’s birthday. Esther Letticia Holder Armstrong left us 14 years ago. But for me and my family, she’s very much alive in spirit and 104 years young. They… Read More ›
THE WATER BILL: A BIT OF FICTION
Maggie stood in the kitchen looking at the water bill in astonishment. $5,000 dollars? Were they kidding? She looked at the usage. Half a million gallons? That was the size of a lake. A pretty big lake. “That’s insane,” she… Read More ›
IT’S OKAY TO BE SAD
This has been a year with so much loss, I can’t even count the friends, almost friends, idols, artists — people who mattered to me somehow — who have gone. Just as well for lockdown because I had simply stopped… Read More ›
SNOWBOUND – By RICH PASCHALL
By Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog As far as Ralph was concerned this was the worst winter ever. There were years with more snow, that’s for sure. There were years that brought colder days. There was never a winter that… 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 ›
SHARING MY WORLD – RELATIONSHIPS FOR GOOD AND ILL
WORLD SHARING TIME AGAIN! This is the month of love in the U.S. I know I’m supposed to get excited about it, but to be fair, I’ve never thought Valentine’s Day was a big deal. I love cutting out hearts… Read More ›
YOUR STORY BY RICH PASCHALL
Why It Is Important By Rich Paschall From time to time, I have the opportunity to post a few small works of fiction. They are just little stories that I hope will make a point. While they are no one’s… Read More ›
