IT’S JANUARY AND WE’VE GOT THE WINTER BLUES! First published Feb 15, 2015 – YouTube My collaborator, Leslie Martel of swo8 Blues Jazz did the work. She composed the music and wrote the words. She also put the video together. Posted… Read More ›
Seasons
THE “OLD PERSON” WEATHER REPORT – Marilyn Armstrong
These days, watching television and seeing even the finest meteorologist give a forecast that is everything other than summer would be a lot funnier if it didn’t mean that climate change is hitting this area — New England — harder… Read More ›
MORE OF GARRY’S WORLD IN WHITE – Garry Armstrong
I took a lot of pictures and each day Marilyn processes a few. Then I post them. This is mostly Aldrich Street, down the road from the house — and then, our house. With bushels of snow. We’re expected warm… Read More ›
DRY LEAVES THAT FALL BEFORE THE WINDS – Marilyn Armstrong
I am not as nostalgic about the past as many people. I had a difficult and often unpleasant childhood. It’s hard to put aside the unhappy childhood memories to find happy ones. They get tangled up. It is in the… Read More ›
A VINTAGE FARM TRACTOR AS GARDEN ORNAMENT – Garry and Marilyn Armstrong
Weekend Writing Prompt #120 – Vintage This is getting to be a very vintage house. Two vintage owners, three dogs, two of them vintage (13). The house isn’t new either. Of course, I collected (now re-homing) ancient Chinese porcelain from Neolithic… Read More ›
SPRING HAS SPRUNG – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I don’t love summer because I’m very sensitive to heat. I actually feel sick when I get hot because my sweat glands don’t work properly and I rarely sweat. Great savings on antiperspirant bills but it sucks when everyone else is… Read More ›
STORM STORIES – BY ELLIN CURLEY
There are many interesting storm stories in my family history, starting with my Mom as a young woman. Sometime in the mid-1940s, before she married my dad, my mom and her friend Ethie were staying at my father’s summer house… Read More ›
A GOOD DAY FOR WOODPECKERS – Marilyn Armstrong
I really wasn’t going to take any pictures. For one thing, I didn’t feel particularly well and I really have a LOT of pictures. Thousands I think during the past three months. So I was in the kitchen trying to… Read More ›
WINTER SOLSTICE – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Friday: SOLSTICE Why did it have to be raining? Why was today the day that every bone in my body hurts and some things which are arguably not bones, hurt too? The birds are outside rain and all. They… Read More ›
AUTUMN COMES TO NEW ENGLAND – #WRITEPHOTO – Marilyn Armstrong
Autumn Comes to New England – #writephoto It is the end of September. Normally, we would be wrapped in the bright leaf colors for which New England is justly famous. Not so far. We were at Manchaug a few days… Read More ›
2018 – ANOTHER SEPTEMBER SONG – Garry Armstrong
I’ ve asked old acquaintance, Walter Houston, once again, to lead us with his melancholy vocal of “September Song” to set the mood. September is a bittersweet month for many of us. For the young, it’s the end of summer, … Read More ›
