On some level or other, I’ve been waiting for my world to come crashing down since I was a kid. Call it one of the many fragmented outcomes of a dysfunctional childhood. And reading too many complicated books when I… Read More ›
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2020 WON’T BE ANYONE’S FAVORITE YEAR – Marilyn Armstrong
I had a favorite year and it was 51 years ago. Hard to believe because it doesn’t feel like it was that long ago. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in July 1969. I was a new mommy. Home with… Read More ›
A MAJOR SEA CHANGE: WHY COVID 19 IS A TURNING POINT IN HISTORY – SEAN MUNGER
A major sea change: why COVID-19 is a turning point in history. So, it is the end of March 2020, and many of us are sequestered in our homes, trying not to get the virus that’s now sweeping the globe… Read More ›
IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS BY ERIC LARSON – Marilyn Armstrong
IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Eric Larson It’s not a new book, but it is nonetheless a relevant book. I have rarely been more conflicted about a book than I… Read More ›
GREAT TEACHERS: A VERY LONG DEFERRED THANK YOU – Marilyn Armstrong
In the course of my school days, I had a handful of great teachers to whom I will be eternally grateful. They taught me to learn, to love reading, to make up stories and write them down. To write non-fiction… Read More ›
THE WORLD WAR ONE CHRISTMAS TRUCE – 1914 – Marilyn Armstrong
The Christmas truce (German: Waffenstillstand; French: Trêve de Noël) was a series of widespread but unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front during the Christmas season of 1914. During the days leading to Christmas day, German and British soldiers left their… Read More ›
WHISPERS IN YOUR EAR – Marilyn Armstrong
The day before the earthquake hit San Francisco in 1989, I decided I needed to go home a day early. I wasn’t feeling well (I actually had the flu, but didn’t yet know it) and most of my work was… Read More ›
THE JONESTOWN MASSACRE – Marilyn Armstrong
I run this every year because people forget. We should not forget where blindly following a leader can take you. This happened. I remember it. Everyone who was alive and able to read or watch TV remembers. On this day,… Read More ›
VISIT TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, PART 3 – BY ELLIN CURLEY
This is the third installment of photos from my trip to the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. We only covered the furniture and decorative arts section of the American Wing. Here are more photos, this time of miscellaneous things… Read More ›
AMERICA FIRST IS RACISM FROM OUR PAST – Marilyn Armstrong
This post is primarily composed of quotes from HuffPost and other sources. “America First” has a rather long and ugly history … and it started long before Donald Trump. If anyone thinks what Trump is doing is new, it isn’t…. Read More ›
QUOTES ABOUT FREEDOM – Marilyn Armstrong
I really hate that we fought this war for civil rights before and it has come back. But more than that, I hate how easy it was for one detestable human being to make it happen. It took less than… Read More ›
LIVING WITH ANTI-SEMITISM – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I am Jewish. My parents were both born in America but my grandparents were all born in Russia/Ukraine. I grew up on stories from my maternal grandmother about living in a Shtetl, where murderous, anti-semitic rampages by the Kossacks were… Read More ›
