I don’t know how many times I’ve read these books. I know the first time was in 1967. I read it in the hospital after my spine was fused and after I decided not to die. I was in the… Read More ›
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TAKE YOUR UMBRAGE ON THE ROAD – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Umbrage I always wanted to take an Umbrage. I wanted one in British Racing Green with a 5 on the floor. That way when anyone said “I take umbrage at that,” I could respond by saying, “Hey,… Read More ›
NO CRYING IN THE NEST – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Nest A woman, younger than me, has no children and asks: “What is ’empty nest syndrome?’ What does it mean?” I gave it a bit of thought. After all, my nest is empty except for two terriers… Read More ›
A CARDINAL – RADIANT IN THE WOODS WITH SNOW ON THE WAY – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Radiant I looked out upon my deck … and it was interesting. Not one, but two squirrels, each hanging in one of the feeders with a Cardinal in the woods, presumably waiting for those big four-footed fluffies… Read More ›
DON’T YOU HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS? – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Rebuke On a day with little to be done, I got up to discover that during the night, some dog (I’m looking at YOU Bonnie!) peed all around the legs of the dining room table. I would… Read More ›
DRIFTING ALONG WITH THE GOOD GUYS – Marilyn Armstrong
DRIFTING ALONG I am retired which is, by definition, at least a little bit adrift. This is a good thing and the real reason we retire. After a life of deadlines and commuting, some drifting seems like a pretty good… Read More ›
OUT-OF-FASHION – Marilyn Armstrong
FUCHSIA – OUT-OF-FASHION? When I discovered my favorite hanging flowers are officially “out of fashion” — meaning I can’t buy any, at least not in Uxbridge, I got depressed. I never imagined flowers could go out-of-fashion. It’s bad enough that… Read More ›
RETROSPECTIVE: AFTERTHOUGHT AND FOND FAREWELL – Marilyn Armstrong
RETROSPECTIVE: afterthought & farewell Do you remember when we competed to get the “Freshly Pressed” award? When there was a weekly prompt that they actually read and supposedly “judged” for quality and uniqueness? Remember when one day, it vanished? We didn’t… Read More ›
BROKEN? ALSO, DISCONNECTED – Marilyn Armstrong
Broken I got up this morning in a pretty good mood. Bright sun, not humid. Looks like a nice day as spring heads into summer. Put up the coffee, gave the dogs treats. My son came over to install the… Read More ›
DREAM AND REAL – Marilyn Armstrong
Juxtapose In my dreams – now rapidly fading as dreams do when you wake – is that I was so exhausted I could not continue. I didn’t know why I was so exhausted, only that I could barely raise my… Read More ›
I, CLONE – Marilyn Armstrong
Doppelganger So my clone went to the police station this morning to report being hacked. It wasn’t a crime because I was massively inconvenienced, but nothing was stolen. They tried, they failed. I spent all day yesterday until the wee… Read More ›
HACKED – Marilyn Armstrong
Isn’t it fortunate I got a second computer! It turns out this hacking thing is a big deal and it was all over the TV news tonight. They are hacking routers. Apparently, if you reboot your router (unplug or turn… Read More ›