It was an innocent quick trip to the local supermarket. Two or three items and I would exit the place. I was wrong on so many levels. My fast dash down a shopping lane was quickly stopped. Passage was blocked… Read More ›
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I FORGOT TO POST SOMETHING – Marilyn Armstrong
I was supposed to post something. And I completely forgot. We got into going to get the long-lost car key — not like just getting your key copied at the key store anymore — and then I stopped to take… Read More ›
NAMELESS FACES: ON THE STREETS IN BOSTON
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: A Face in the Crowd This week’s challenge are faces “in the crowd,” or what we used to call in the newspaper biz, nameless faces. There are two really great things about it. The first is… Read More ›
SNOW – MORE AND LESS
Snow, and then … not so much snow … and finally … tee-shirts, but there’s snow here and there. Of course the tee-shirt weather won’t last, but it’s a wonderful nearly spring time. We got a lot of pictures. Everyone… Read More ›
MAIN STREET DRESSED FOR THE PARTY
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – December 21, 2016 It’s the winter solstice today. The shortest day of the year … and just two days until Christmas Eve. Welcome to our town. It’s after dark and we are all dressed up for the… Read More ›
DOWNTOWN ODDBALLS
CEE’S ODD BALL PHOTO CHALLENGE: 2015 WEEK #49 MEANING OF ODDBALL Noun – A person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming; Adjective – Whimsically free-spirited; eccentric; atypical. The middle of town. In the middle of the week and… Read More ›
NIGHT LIGHTS – BOSTON 2014
I love our annual excursion to the Boston Pops Christmas concert. I love the music. I love symphony hall. I love the area, the architecture, the happy crowd … and that we always seem to get a great parking space…. Read More ›
DOWNTOWN AFTER DARK – WITH MUSIC
And here’s the song, Petula Clark’s classic “Downtown” … and just for a bit of extra snap … “Steppin Out,” Joe Jackson
DOWNTOWN HYANNIS
There’s downtown … and then there’s downtown in Hyannis on Cape Cod. Welcome to Main Street. A little bit of shopping, a snack at a sidewalk café on a warm, bright day.
AUTUMN WASHING AWAY
As I sit in my office listening to the sound of the rain, I can look up and see the rain dripping from our gutters — probably clogged with leaves — and see the way the leaves droop under the… Read More ›
Where all the lights are bright — Downtown!
And out on the streets, in front of The W Hotel, a few blocks from Copley Place, the night is alive in Boston. Related articles Downtown Boston building boom finally underway (boston.com) Boston Vacations (orbitz.com)
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 