Hemingway was my first literary hero. He wrote the way people talked. Brief, blunt, and brave. I consumed his novels as a teenager the way I would finish off a pizza. I couldn’t put it down. “The Sun Also Rises”… Read More ›
Garry Armstrong
B & W – FROM BEANS TO PHOTOGRAPHY!
CBWC: Beginning with the Letters B or W Really. There used to be a brand of beans — baked beans — called “B & W.” Maybe there still is. Meanwhile, I have a few pictures, one from Garry others from me…. Read More ›
FOTD – SPRING BY THE BLACKSTONE
FOTD – April 9 –Spring comes to the valley It was a beautiful day. I opened the window early in the morning and you could feel that it would be warm. It wasn’t warm yet. We are still getting frost… Read More ›
BRIGHT AND EARLY – FIRST SQUARE OF APRIL
“Sparkling, polished, shining, clever, cheerful, colourful, astute, brilliant, sunny, glorious, translucent, distinct and clear” I have accumulated a lot of squares in prparation for this moment. Now, it’s unveiling time!
HITTING THE WALL – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Anchoring was my Achilles heel. I was never good at it. I shared my grief with the late Tom Ellis who was a good friend and a wonderful anchor. Tom allowed, “You gotta be yourself and go with the flow.”… Read More ›
SCENERY, HOMESTYLE
A Photo a Week Challenge: All About the Scenery There are not a lot of new pictures this year, at least not a lot of landscapes. For a long time, we didn’t go anywhere and then winter came. Last year, it… Read More ›
A TRULY BAD, ROTTEN, AWFUL MOVIE AND STILL, I KEPT WATCHING – GARRY ARMSTRONG
By now, everyone knows I love old movies. I take special delight in the early 1930s stuff where you see stars and character actors while they were very young and just establishing their screen personae. Barbara Stanwyck is a particular… Read More ›
GARRY’S TRIP TO THE GREAT OUT OF DOORS – PHOTOGRAPHY BY GARRY ARMSTRONG
It was a beautiful day and the temperature broke records for the day. It won’t last. We already know that. It will be colder tomorrow and colder still by Monday when it will be below freezing (again). But today was… Read More ›
TO PROTECT AND SERVE – Garry Armstrong
Policing in the United States is a hot button issue, particularly policing in minority communities. The George Floyd case is but one of many police-involved incidents that has cast a harsh light on the disparate way law and order is… Read More ›
RANDOM THOUGHTS ALONG THE WAY by GARRY ARMSTRONG
Cue up Sinatra’s “My Way” for this one. It’s applicable for some of the random thoughts that I’ll float your way. It’s perfect for some of the bonehead things that rest in my past. My way is how I did… Read More ›
PRINTING THE LEGEND WON’T MAKE IT RIGHT – GARRY ARMSTRONG
I don’t believe we can look at the sound and fury of the past week and a half while still clinging to the idyllic notion that we’re “the cradle of liberty.” Not anymore. The phlegm from my nasty head cold… Read More ›
GARRY SHARES HIS WORLD TOO
Share Your World 12-17-2020 News events WERE my world for more than 40 years, 31 years at Channel 7 in Boston, 3 years at ABC Network (New York), and 2 years in Hartford, Connecticut when I was making the jump… Read More ›
