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GARRY AND BERNIE SCHWARTZ

By Garry Armstrong on 10/03/2022 • ( 8 )

Those of you who are regular visitors to this site know I like to share stories about my encounters with legendary stars from old Hollywood. The shares come from my working days as a TV news reporter. It was a… Read More ›

WHAT WOULD STEVE McQUEEN HAVE DONE?

By Garry Armstrong on 09/02/2022 • ( 19 )

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 ›

OUTLIVING THEM ALL

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/06/2022 • ( 16 )

One Sunday in church, Pastor’s sermon was about forgiveness. He asked everyone in the church to stand up, then he asked those who had any enemies to sit down. Everyone sat down but one very old woman. “You have no enemies at… Read More ›

LOATHING THE CLOUD

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/16/2022 • ( 15 )

When this whole “cloud” thing started to “come of age” — maybe ten years ago give or take a few years? — I said “How much do YOU trust your ISP?” Everyone laughed at me. I was so old-fashioned. The… Read More ›

THROWBACK THURSDAY

By Rich Paschall on 05/22/2022 • ( 4 )

Keeping Old Memories Alive, Rich Paschall Let’s face it, there are a lot of annoying things about social media. Even worse than the fake news and memes being spread, making us dumber by the day, is the proliferation of new… Read More ›

SKETCHBOOK 64 – THREE GOLDFINCH AND A STORY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/16/2022 • ( 14 )

CRAZY SQUIRRELS AND PUSHY DOVES There’s a lot going on in and around our deck. The squirrels are freaking out, the doves are pushing smaller birds out of the way (doves? really?), and I’m pretty sure raccoons and flying squirrels… Read More ›

YOU KNOW THERE’S A CATCH

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/05/2022 • ( 23 )

I bought a really nice set of oil pencils. 120 pencils with all the right colors including a phenomenal range of greens, blues, reds, browns from very dark to very light. I got them a few days ago, but didn’t… Read More ›

SKETCHBOOK 66 – A FINCH AND A SQUIRREL WALK INTO A BAR

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/05/2022 • ( 9 )

I did a couple of things last night. I’ve been using small paper so I can start and finish drawings quickly. Small drawings are also easier on my hand and arm and I’m not using up quite so much material… Read More ›

SKETCHBOOK 65 – SQUIRRELS AND MAYBE A PROJECT

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/03/2022 • ( 4 )

The excitement never ends here at the edge of the woods. Yesterday it was freaked out squirrels and chubby doves. Overnight? The racoons have learned how to move the feeders back towards the deck. This brings an end to suet… Read More ›

OF GIRLISH THINGS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/20/2022 • ( 7 )

I never thought being a woman was a deterrent to becoming what I wanted to be. I didn’t worry if it would be more difficult because I was a woman even though I was working in a very male profession… Read More ›

WONDERING ABOUT WORDPRESS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/06/2022 • ( 31 )

What ARE we going to do about WordPress? We were just talking about it, Garry, Owen and me. At $180 per year, that would be $15/month and then there’s another $20 for you URL address. $200? I’ll renew this year… Read More ›

ME AND BERNIE SCHWARTZ – GARRY ARMSTRONG

By Garry Armstrong on 03/18/2022 • ( 23 )

NEWS OF THE DAY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/10/2022 • ( 15 )

Last night was the first time Garry saw me throw away a couple of drawings. He seemed shocked. I’m not sure exactly why. Waste of very good paper? Waste of all that work? But the thing is, not every drawing… Read More ›

SHARING MY WORLD – 7 MARCH 2022

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/08/2022 • ( 2 )

SHARE YOUR WORLD 3-7-2022 It has been a ridiculously busy week — and it’s only Monday night. The weekend was insane and we are still tired. I think it may be a while before we pull ourselves together. My birthday is… Read More ›

WHAT WORLD IS THIS?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/25/2022 • ( 17 )

I am so demoralized by everything, Are we having Word War III but no one is noticing because we’re also having some really bad weather? I’m having trouble coping with life. Not just blogging. Everything. The only place I feel… Read More ›

THE BEST MOMENT OF THE DAY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/23/2022 • ( 16 )

It has been a long day. Maybe not physically exhausting, but mentally draining — and busy. I’ve been on the sofa, drawing pictures, watching — with the other eye — “Outlander” which I read (most of them, but not all)… Read More ›