Not a rainy day nor a sunny one. Just a day. Cold, no snow or rain. Coming home from Connecticut. Feeling better about the world. Good thing I had a camera. Traffic was mostly bumper-to-bumper from when we left the… Read More ›
Transportation
TRYING TIMES FOR TRAVELERS – Marilyn Armstrong
We almost never travel these days. The last time we stayed in a hotel was when we went to a wedding in Boston. We made the pricey decision to stay overnight in a nice hotel, or at least the nicest… Read More ›
A WALK IN THE WOODS: A SYMBOLIC JOURNEY WITH PICTURES – Marilyn Armstrong
There used to be a game we played. Not so much a game as a mental imaging exercise. I originally heard it in the 1960s when I was in college. I was told it wasn’t psychology, but rather drew on… Read More ›
OUR END OF SUMMER – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Summer has a different meaning to Tom and me than it does to most people. We are boaters, so to us, summer simply means ‘boating season’ and it lasts for six months. We start getting our boat ready to go… Read More ›
DERAILING ARE US – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Yes! We Derail! I moved to Massachusetts in 1988, one year after returning from Israel. Garry and I already had a “thing” and I thought he would collapse from exhaustion if he kept driving back and… Read More ›
WHERE’S THE BUS STOP? Marilyn Armstrong
This is the kind of normal question that anyone might ask in any town anywhere. Except if you ask it here, the responder will look at you quizzically. Because honest Abraham of Civil War fame, we don’t have any public transportation… Read More ›
OVER AND OVER AND OVER – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Over I have always loved flying. I never went sky-diving (Garry did and I envied him … and wondered how in the world he managed to actually jump out of that plane into the air), but I… Read More ›
BEAM ME SOMEWHERE! – Marilyn Armstrong
As airlines make traveling by air increasingly miserable, unfriendly, and physically uncomfortable, those of us who yearn to travel but abhor airports and airplanes have been waiting for teleportation. You know. “Scotty, beam me up” and off you go to… Read More ›
TRAIN TRACKS IN BLACK & WHITE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Trains and Tracks Boston has many trains. Commuter trains as well as trains to DC. Florida, and other places. More interestingly, it has trolleys: small trains that run through several towns used by local… Read More ›
GARRY ARMSTRONG HITS THE ROAD – CEE’S WHICH WAY PHOTO CHALLENGE
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge Just when Marilyn thought I’d given up photography, having not picked up a camera since the great storms of March, I surprised her and took the camera with me today. It was a good road… Read More ›
PHOTO A WEEK: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? Marilyn Armstrong
A Photo a Week Challenge: Public Transportation Honest Abraham of Civil War fame, we ain’t got no public transportation in this town. You have a choice: 1 – Feet 2 – Bicycle 3 – Car or truck 4 – Horse…. Read More ›
WHICH WAY? IT DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER!
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – April 6, 2018
HAUL AWAY, LADS, HAUL AWAY!
Except, we are driving. To Connecticut. It’s just two hours and a bit from here, so it isn’t exactly crossing the ocean with the pigs and the chickens and lord knows what else in the belly of the boat. It’s… Read More ›
URBAN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – Feb. 9, 2018
WHICH WAY?
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – January 26, 2018 Who knows the way? Not me, I can assure you of that. If there is a direction to be found, I will not find it, at least not from memory. I… Read More ›
JOURNEYS
Nothing goes exactly as planned. No vacation is perfect. Some part of every meal will not be ready when the rest of the dishes are served. Guests come early or late, leave too soon — or not soon enough. Complications, delays, bumps in… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 