Yesterday was The Big Storm. It was a big storm for other people, just not for us. We got a few inches that melted before lunch. Five miles north, they got two feet. It will be melted by dinner along… Read More ›
Roads
ON THE ROAD IN BLACK & WHITE
CBWC: Roads From Maine to Connecticut and from downtown Boston to the Blackstone Valley. The roads run everywhere. Even when you don’t know where you are going, you are going somewhere.
WHAT WOULD STEVE McQUEEN HAVE DONE?
It must be payback. Karma, hubris, or both. For more than 30 years, I drove a succession of fully loaded convertibles with Steve McQueen in my brain. Once, I was racing to a story in the dead of night when… Read More ›
CONNECTIONS
CFFC: Joints or Connecting Points What an interesting challenge! There are so many kinds of connections from tiny to huge. It was a challenge merely picking my favorites.
AT HOME WITH AUTUMN
FOTD – October 24 – Out my back door Autumn came home. Looking out my window, out my back door, the world is bright and shiny with color. It won’t be with us long, so let’s celebrate. What could be… Read More ›
CMMC – PICK A PHOTO TOPIC
So this is it. The Classic format is gone. It’s block only. My problem with this is that it does not properly display multiple photographs — and I can’t find the pieces of format for which I’m looking. Menus vanish… Read More ›
HOW MUCH WORSE CAN 2020 GET? HOW ABOUT RENUMBERING ALL OUR ROADS?
If you don’t live in Massachusetts, nonetheless, every state is doing this. Despite understanding — in theory — why they are doing it, it is going to be a real mess. Because MapQuest, Google, and every single GPS isn’t going… Read More ›
SLOWLY DRIVING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND – GARRY ARMSTRONG
We can still remember the good old days when we were one of the kids in the back seat pinching and punching a sibling while whining: “Are we there yet?” How come our parents didn’t kill us before we grew… Read More ›
THE ROAD GOES EVER ON AND ON – Marilyn Armstrong
PICK SOMETHING FROM THE PHOTO: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge On the road again. Lots of great road pictures from every season of every year. We aren’t driving nearly as much now as we used to, so I think I’ll be… Read More ›
A NEW STRATEGY FOR LIFE – Marilyn Armstrong
The strategy and rhythm of life are different between your working years and retirement. Garry reminded me that he’s busy. By this he means he’s reading two books — one audio, the other print. He’s trying to keep up with… Read More ›
VANISHING & LEADING LINES: CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Vanishing or Leading Lines I always enjoy my chance to watch paths, tracks, and roads disappear at the horizon line.
USING A GPS IN NEW ENGLAND – Marilyn Armstrong
When the GPS’s first came out and the prices dropped from ridiculously high to more-or-less normal, I was an immediate consumer. I was working in Groton, Connecticut which was more than 140 miles from my home. Even though I didn’t… Read More ›
BRIGHT HIGHWAYS #14 – Marilyn Armstrong
Bright highways The road goes ever on and on … We are forever on the road. Local road, railroad, highway, byway. Some golden roads seem to exist just to remind us that the world is sometimes better than it has… Read More ›
HOMEWARD BOUND #7 – Marilyn Armstrong
HOMEWARD BOUND INTO THE SUNSET – BECKY B’S JANUARY SQUARES It was just another day coming home from the doctor. Our house is due west from the doctor’s office. I knew this because the sun was in our eyes all… 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 ›
A SOGGY AUTUMN THURSDAY – Garry Armstrong
Politics or weather and cars? That’s an easy one. Weather and car stuff! Yesterday, it was me, a quick dental visit confirming that the previous week’s marathon procedure was a success. I still have some eating problems, but it is… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 