In 1987, my ex husband and I, along with our two children, spent weekends and summers in a one bedroom cottage on my mother’s property in Easton, CT. My grandparents had lived in the cottage when I was growing up…. Read More ›
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DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE – Marilyn Armstrong
HELP! I’VE FALLEN AND I DON’T WANT TO GET UP! I am drowning. Drowning in decisions I can’t make because I don’t know enough to make them. Drowning in email. Exhausted from trying to be everything I used to be… Read More ›
Lost in the Winner’s Circle
Originally posted on Red's Wrap:
Parts of it were funny. And other parts were humiliating. And even though I’ve told the story before, it deserves another telling, if only to show that maybe humiliation can diminish over time while…
Standing Up for What is Just and Equitable | Your Great Outdoors – Reblog – By David J. O’Neill, President
This week marks my first week as President of Mass Audubon. I had planned to introduce myself to all of you by sharing my excitement and enthusiasm for what lies ahead. And I am extremely excited t… Source: Standing Up… Read More ›
Film Friday: Casablanca
Originally posted on Zimmerbitch:
Publicity poster, Casablanca (1942). Dir. Michael Curtiz. I know that Sarah at Art Expedition intends to write about Casablanca for a Film Friday post, and I apologise for my poor form in preempting my hostess. I…
Four conservative quotes worth noting
Originally posted on musingsofanoldfart:
Three Republicans and one long time Republican who left the party have made very sober statements, with the last one being more of a stance. Let’s begin with General James Mattis, who served as Secretary of…
Rock Around the Clock — Bizarro
As our caveman friends above play a very early game of rock, paper, scissors, it makes me long for a simpler world. I’m as hooked on modern civilization as anyone else who was born and raised in it, but it… Read More ›
The true meaning of patriotism
Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
My great-uncle, U.S. Marine Corps Private William L. Brasfield, also known as Lee, died long before I was born, but I heard all the stories. As a young man, he enlisted because he believed…
“Through the trouble of this world there still runs a thin stream of serenity for those who seek it.”
Originally posted on Zimmerbitch:
Entrance to cottage garden at Bason Botanic Gardens, Whanganui. The title of this post repeats the words on the sculpture. Image; Su Leslie 2019 I’m still trawling the archive for Friday Flowers posts, and today we…
Is Donald J. Trump Encouraging Armed Protestors ?
Originally posted on natshouseblog:
Reopening Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Apparently Donald J. Trump’s incessant drum beating is reaching gun-toting Americans seeking liberation from frustrations they can’t escape. In their own bizarre way, the raging reactionaries are another cruel manifestation of Mother Nature’s…
Democracy In Traction
Originally posted on Evil Squirrel's Nest:
Welcome to another fun Wednesday where The Nest has no idea what it’s going to have to write! What, you mean every day is already like that? Oh, well, once a week we…
Llamas Antibody Shown To Stop Coronavirus Entry Into Cells
Originally posted on ScienceSwitch:
Researchers have successfully engineered a new antibody that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) by linking two copies of the llama antibody that were proven effective in counteracting the effect of the earlier SARS virus…
‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ might be Trump’s very best idea
Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
Wikipedia tells us that there have been three “Mutiny on the Bounty” movies, the first in 1935, starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton; the second in 1962, starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard; and…
New York Stock Exchange Disaster 2020
Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
Back in 1967, before they went disco, the Australian group the Bee Gees released their first American single, “New York Mining Disaster 1941.” Inspired by a devastating landslide at a mine in South Wales…
COVID-19 body count is just a numbers game to Trump
Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
From the start, going back most likely to December when the dreaded and deadly word coronavirus reached the White House, it’s been a numbers game for Impeached President Donald J. Trump. A master marketer…
Chepstow Castle and the Curse of the Marshals
With the current crisis ripping through all our lives, I know we’ll all be missing doing the things we love. It’ll come as no surprise to my readers then, that I have a huge castle-shaped hole in my life at…
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 