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DON’T YOU HATE WHEN THIS HAPPENS?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/08/2021 • ( 19 )

I went to see my doctor yesterday. We are new to one another and we needed a pow-wow. The last time I was there, I handed him a box with about 10 pounds of paper medical records in it. I think,… Read More ›

THE END OF MIDDLE EARTH – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/09/2020 • ( 18 )

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 ›

TAKE YOUR UMBRAGE ON THE ROAD – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/28/2019 • ( 6 )

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

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/09/2019 • ( 17 )

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

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/01/2019 • ( 7 )

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

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/14/2019 • ( 36 )

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

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/26/2018 • ( 13 )

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

By Marilyn Armstrong on 06/03/2018 • ( 23 )

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

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/31/2018 • ( 51 )

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 ›

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