SHARE YOUR WORLD 6-29-2021 Hard to believe half this year is already gone. I’m sure there were other months, but do I remember them? Nope. The months have scooted by and not even marked their passage. Maybe this is just the… Read More ›
Cyclone
THE CYCLONE! – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Friday: CYCLONE The first time I rode the Cyclone, I was 8, as were my friends. Mary’s mom dropped us at the rides and went to visit a friend while we girls rode the Cyclone for hours. It was… Read More ›
NO CHICKENS IN THIS COOP
When my granddaughter was nine, Garry and I and her parents took her to Coney Island. Garry and I grew up in New York, so we loved it. Yes, we knew Coney Island was falling apart. It has since been… Read More ›
CONEY ISLAND BACK THEN – 2011 & 2012
Pictures of Coney Island – 2011 and 2012, the last years during which Astroland ran the rides. It was, of course, the last time I was able to take pictures. Sandy came in 2012 and a lot of Coney Island… Read More ›
SURVIVAL VS. VALOR – A FEW THOUGHTS
We were watching a rerun of NCIS, an episode from a few years ago. The victim had given her life to protect others and her country’s secrets. “She didn’t have to do it,” McGee pointed out. “No,” said Gibbs. “She had… Read More ›
TAKE ME BACK – CONEY ISLAND, AS REMEMBERED
Take me back to Coney Island, the Coney Island I remember from when I was a child. I want to be on the Boardwalk. I want to sniff the air full of the aroma of spicy exotic food, pop corn… Read More ›
SCREAMING AND HOTDOGS
I don’t like horror movies, except the old ones which are more funny than scary. I thought Jurassic Park and Jaws were scary enough. Life is plenty full of thrills and chills without seeking out more. Then, there are roller… Read More ›
WHAT’S A HERO?
It was a rerun of an NCIS episode from a couple of years ago. The victim had given her life to protect others. “She didn’t have to do it,” McGee pointed out. “No,” said Gibbs. “She had a choice. That’s what… Read More ›
REMEMBERING – TEN GOOD MEMORIES?
From lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown comes and interesting challenge in which she asks us to post our ten best pre-teen memories. Childhood happy memories are rather thin on the ground for me, so I hope you will excuse… Read More ›
I LOST IT
“I thought we’d never come back from that one.” I said it calmly, though I felt rather dizzy and disoriented. That was the fifth time in a row I’d ridden Coney Island’s Cyclone. My granddaughter insisted Granny was the only one she… Read More ›
VALOR AND SURVIVAL
It was a rerun of an NCIS episode from a few years ago. The victim had given her life to protect others and her country’s secrets. “She didn’t have to do it,” McGee pointed out. “No,” said Gibbs. “She had… Read More ›
BIRTHDAYS AND OTHER DAYS OF JOY
Daily Prompt: Shake it Up by Krista on February 24, 2014 You’re 12 years old. It’s your birthday. Write for ten minutes on that memory. GO. Photographers, artists, poets: show us RECKLESS. – – – – – Sorry. No pictures… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 