Blogging Insights — New Format # 26 These last few years have been unusually regretful. I’m not big on looking back, holding grudges, or storing anger, but in one way or the other, between the crazies and their aluminum foil… Read More ›
Garry Armstrong
MEMORIES OF SIDNEY POITIER – GARRY ARMSTRONG
When Sidney Poitier was shooting For the Love of Ivy in New York city — about 1968 when the movie would be opening — he had a nice little romance with Abby Lincoln in the title role. That movie was… Read More ›
MORE WINTER IN THE VALLEY- GARRY ARMSTRONG
Our driveway — even after serious plowing, is still an icy mess. It defrosts just enough during the day to refreeze at night. Especially tomorrow night because that midwestern deep freeze is coming to the valley tomorrow night — with… Read More ›
LOVE IT, HATE IT – IT’S WINTER IN NEW ENGLAND
It’s romantic, or so “they” say. I mean, those same folks write songs about it. Orchestral pieces. In your open carriage dashing through the snow — and freezing your butt off because, hey folks, it’s cold out there! I went… Read More ›
THE COMPLEXITY OF SIMPLICITY
Although I expected this to happen — KNEW it would happen — it’s still one-of-those-things that makes me crazy. We changed medical plans this year, switching from BlueCross (great, but expensive) to Mass Advantage. This is a local group based… Read More ›
TO QUOTE BETTE DAVIS: “WHAT A DUMP” – IT’S THE LEGEND’S OFFICE
I often wonder if Jean Renoir, the acclaimed French film director, had me in mind when he made his classic movie, “Grand Illusion.” That was 1937. I was 5 years from my debut on planet Earth. Still, it works for me . Why let facts muddy my creative juices?
THE CHANGING SEASONS – DECEMBER 2021
The Changing Seasons, December 2021 Garry said it well: “As this miserable excuse for a year slinks away…” In any of the galleries, you can click on an image to enlarge it. I recognize that not everyone had the same year… Read More ›
MY HUSBAND, THE LEGEND
It’s weird. I’ve known him since he was selling shoes at A & S. He had aspirations but no experience. Just back from the Marines who had discovered his dark secret. He was deaf. This didn’t go well with a… Read More ›
TOO COLD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography: Garry Armstrong No matter what anyone says about those “special gloves” that are supposed to let you use electronic devices, I can’t. Buttons on cameras are small and most of us go by feel when we are shooting, so… Read More ›
HITCHCOCK MUST HAVE HAD A GRACKLE EXPERIENCE – PHOTOS BY GARRY ARMSTRONG
As hundreds of Grackles circled our house and set up watch posts in the oak trees, I was pretty sure I’d seen this scene before. In a movie. Hmm. Could it be “The Birds”? Garry got some good pictures of… Read More ›
WORRIED BARNYARD FANS
October marked a full 20 years of my retirement after 45 — maybe more (who can remember?) — years as a TV and radio news reporter. Thanks to some kind people, I’ve avoided becoming Mr. Norman Desmond. Many people, spanning… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 