In 1968, back when Greenwich Village was where all the “cool people” hung out, Leon Bibb was a popular folk singer and a frequent guest on the folk show I hosted at WVHC at Hofstra University (which was still a… Read More ›
memories
HEMINGWAY: THE MAN AND THE LEGEND – Garry Armstrong
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 ›
WE NEVER WERE A CURRIER AND IVES COUPLE by GARRY ARMSTRONG
Who knows what will be coming down the road? Today might be “the good old days” a month from now.
WAR STORIES AND PODCAST MEMORIES – Garry Armstrong
I’ve procrastinated too long on writing “my book” about life in the fast lane as a TV news reporter for more than 40 years. I may have found a reprieve thanks to an old friend who has given birth to… Read More ›
THE LONGEST, MOST COMPLICATED COURTSHIP EVER
đź’ť ABOUT MY VALENTINE đź’ť I was 18 when I got married the first time. It was the summer between my junior and senior years of college. I was working at the radio station. Jeff, my first husband, was Station… Read More ›
IMAGINATION, REALITY, AND GETTING YOUR ROCKET OFF THE LAUNCH PAD
I’m sometimes slightly hazy about the roughest parts of my life. It isn’t that I have no grip on reality. More that time has a way of softening the edges of hardest truths and making them less edgy. I seem… Read More ›
PODCAST IN PROGRESS
Garry and Tom are trying to work out the technical stuff for podcasting. They’ve been talking about this for a while, but finally, it’s beginning to happen. Getting the sound, the light, the microphone all working properly takes a bit… Read More ›
APPROACHING AN ANNIVERSARY
I woke up this morning having a conversation with someone in a dream. I was explaining how Garry wanted a “real” wedding while I wanted to elope. So of course, we had a “real” wedding. Garry told me what he… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD – 10 August-ish
Share Your World 10th August-ish Melanie is temporary absent, so this week, Pensitivity has filled in. Melanie, I hope you are okay. Or will be. Soon. And the questions are: When you’re on holiday, do you prefer self catering or… Read More ›
MEMORIES OF OLDEN DAYS – THROWBACK THURSDAY ON FRIDAY
Throwback Thursday #47 – Hanging Out Think back to where you liked to hang out when you were young. Your stomping grounds might have been determined by your ability to get to a variety of locations. It’s time to pull on… Read More ›
THROWBACK THURSDAY
Keeping Old Memories Alive, Rich Paschall Let’s face it, there are a lot of annoying things about social media. Even worse than the fake news and memes being spread, making us dumber by the day, is the proliferation of new… Read More ›
WITH REGRETS – RICH PASCHALL
Regrets Part IV, Love Lost, by Rich Paschall “‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson If you can, imagine not giving love a chance. People who passed by love… Read More ›
REMEMBERING FIFTH AVENUE
There used to be an “Easter parade” in every city — even in small towns like this one. This was assuming that everyone was Christian and went to Church — or at least pretended to go to church. Garry said… Read More ›
SORRY. IT WENT MISSING
TODAY’S UPDATE! I canceled today’s appointment because I can’t prove I’m me. If I were a MAN who had never changed his name, I would be fine. But since I do NOT have marriage certificates from my first marriage —… Read More ›
FROM THE HALL OF RECORDS
Once upon a time, many years ago, I dreamed of a locked room called “The Hall of Records.” I was never able to enter that room. The other morning, I woke up to find a box next to my bed…. 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 ›
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 ›
THE KOTEL
My favorite place in Jerusalem was the Western Wall, sometimes incorrectly called the “Wailing Wall.” In Hebrew, it’s Kotel — it rhymes with motel. I used to go to the Kotel to leave messages for God. We all believed messages left there… Read More ›
FUTURE NOSTALGIA -MAINE 1972
FUTURE NOSTALGIA I don’t have a lot of old photos. Many of them never made it back from Israel and others went to my brother. When he passed, I suspect the old family photos vanished. They are probably in a… Read More ›
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? – RICH PASCHALL
One Hit Wonders, 1971 edition, by Rich Paschall It’s another Golden Anniversary and we are here at the SERENDIPITY dance hall and tea room to bring you another top ten list of songs you may have forgotten, or perhaps never… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 