You may have noticed — if you use their “block editor” — that suddenly, there’s no search box to let you locate a photograph. In their new, “better experience default view,” they think NOT being able to find existing photographs… Read More ›
Marilyn Armstrong
EXACTLY AS I EXPECTED – BUT MAYBE WORSE
I spent nearly all day on the phone trying to get a prescription for Procardia — a standard, not new, not special, blood pressure medication. I have to take it in three doses because I don’t have a stomach and… Read More ›
ONE YEAR AGO: PUT DJT BACK ON SOCIAL MEDIA? JUST KILL ME NOW!
Fandango’s Provocative Question #105: Putting the Devil on social media – again (FLASHBACK FRIDAY!) I’m not entirely sure they shouldn’t just hang him for treason, so the idea of putting that moron back on social media makes my blood run… Read More ›
YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP TELLING YOURSELF…
5 Things to Repeat to Yourself in 2022 The pandemic has given all of us a lot of time to reflect, but I’ve found reflections aren’t always my best choice. Also, I’ve got a lot more than five things to… Read More ›
MAGNOLIAS
FOTD – January 21 – Magnolia Up Close – Cee’s Photo Challenges I’ve always thought Magnolias are the prettiest of the spring blossoms. I could use a hint of spring right now. Couldn’t all of us use some springtime in… Read More ›
MIDWEEK MADNESS PICK A TOPIC
CMMC – January Pick a Topic from my Photo The picture from which we are choosing: I’m going with trees — because we live in a woods and “trees R us.” Okay. I’m including on set of flowers just because.
TOUGH DECISIONS
Fandango’s Provocative Question #153 This isn’t a question I can answer. It’s not that I haven’t had any life-changing tough decision, but because I’ve had so many. Which one was the hardest? I can’t say because all of the hard ones… Read More ›
TINKER BELLE – Marilyn Armstrong
Can you set a price on love? Can you set a number to it? Can you calculate it by the cost of health care, toys, dog food? Grooming? Tinker Belle was a Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, also called PBGVs or… Read More ›
MAO, A CAT
Jeff and I got Mao as an 8-week-old kitten in the fall of 1965. We had just gotten married the month before, and of course, we had to have a cat right away. Why a Siamese? I don’t know. Karma… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 4: FIRST WATERCOLOR
The more I looked at yesterday’s squirrel, the less I liked it. It is misshapen and the colors look flat and childish. Another third grade attempt. About sketchbooks. You can buy a fully bound sketchbook. Many of these bound books… Read More ›
MID-JANUARY ALREADY?
SHARE YOUR WORLD 1-17-2022 Questions for the week that will be: Fill in: ‘If I were really completely honest, I would say that …’ This is a question for ‘radical honesty’. What are the things you wouldn’t normally say? Things you would otherwise… Read More ›
IF YOU DON’T USE PHOTOSHOP, WHAT DO YOU USE?
FOTD – January 17 – Amaryllis I have been using Photoshop for a really, really long time. Like, 30 years, give or take. I’ve watched it “grow” over the years. My son bought me — as a “permanent birthday gift” —… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 