Nothing. I’m trying to decide whether to make lamb curry tonight or tomorrow night — I think tomorrow — and whether or not I need a sweater. It was really warm this morning, but it’s getting colder as I sit… Read More ›
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SHARING MY WORLD ON NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Share Your World 11-10-2020 And so we had an election and at least some people (who shall remain nameless) apparently still think we are still having one. Well, we knew Trumpty Dumpty was the ultimate disruptor. You would think that… Read More ›
HAMLET’S TRAGEDY – Marilyn Armstrong
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Shakespeare Act 1, Scene 3 LORD POLONIUS: Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self… Read More ›
GRATITUDE HAS A SHORT MEMORY – Marilyn Armstrong
Throughout my life, since I was old enough to be responsible for my own actions, I have given when I could to people who needed it. I have received — if not in kind, certainly when in real need. Always… Read More ›
SHARE YOUR WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 11-4-19 QUESTIONS: What is the meaning of true love? I don’t know, but I think you know it when you find it. I could not possibly provide a definition. It’s different for everyone and even for a bonded… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD AT HARVEST TIME – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 10-14-19 QUESTIONS: Why do we have such trouble telling our loved ones that we love them? Do you have that kind of communication issue with your loved ones? I did have that problem when I was younger, but… Read More ›
THANKS, I THINK
It can be difficult to tell compliments from insults. You’d think it would be easy and obvious, but it isn’t. As a child, my mother comforted me with her classic lines. Somewhere in my head, I can still hear her. A lonely (probably weird)… Read More ›
ELDER FRAUD: THE LONG CON PLAYED ON MY MOM – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My mother had a secretary/bookkeeper for the last 23 years of her life, from 1979-2002. Her name was Anne. Anne did everything Mom needed done regarding her finances. She paid Mom’s bills and balanced her checkbook, kept track of Mom’s… Read More ›
BORROWING, LENDING, AND (IN)GRATITUDE
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Shakespeare | Hamlet | Act 1, Scene 3 LORD POLONIUS: Yet here, Laertes! aboard, aboard, for shame! The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail, And you are stay’d for. There; my… Read More ›
2014: IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR – GARRY ARMSTRONG
I don’t do resolutions and I don’t make promises about the future. If nothing else has been learned, I know I can’t predict how life will go, cannot make pledges based on uncertain destiny. That being said, this is the time… Read More ›
WITH GRATITUDE – AND ABOUT THE WELL
Feeling Fancy — You’re given unlimited funds to plan one day full of any and all luxuries you normally can’t afford. Tell us about your extravagant day with as much detail as possible. It’s such a dreary, drippy day. I think… Read More ›
GRATEFUL PILGRIMS – SHARING OUR WORLD
Share Your World – 2014 Week 39 Did you ever get lost? Did I ever get lost? When am I not lost? I have no sense of direction. Ask anyone. You could put a paper bag over my head in my… Read More ›