REDUCED AND CAPTURED – The way life feels these days … It’s not losing weight, at least not in any literal sense. It’s more like a world in which I feel like there is less of everything. There’s less money… Read More ›
Ragtag Daily Prompt
NAVIGATION: NOT OUR STRONGEST SUIT – Marilyn Armstrong
Ragtag Prompt # 26 – Navigate I’ve said it before and I’m sure I will say it again. I am lost. I am always lost. Sometimes, this is a great thing. On vacation in Ireland, having no idea where we… Read More ›
TODAY, INCOMING TV CAMERAS – Marilyn Armstrong
Ragtag Prompt # 25 – Precedent Garry’s getting a cochlear implant. Because this is a life-changing and unprecedented event for him, he volunteered to help UMass with their cochlear implant fundraising endeavors. Although Garry has been retired for a long… Read More ›
REJUVENATION AND THE FINAL ORCHID – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP #24 -REJUVENATE We were away for a few days. Three, arriving home late on that final day. It would have been earlier but it was Friday and it was rush hour and the first weekend of summer. Everybody was… Read More ›
RDP #23 – I HAVE A HEART — Marilyn Armstrong
RDP #23 – HEART I have a heart. Everyone (living) has one. These days, the issue is whether or not it works like it ought to. You know, compassion. Caring, love, concern. That stuff. Mine is a little more complicated…. Read More ›
WHITIN’S POND – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP #22: Pond Whiten’s Pond isn’t really a pond. It’s really a widening of the Blackstone River before the dam. Most of our ponds are really widened parts of a river with the exception of Webster pond, the word I… Read More ›
PACKED? CHECK. CAR GASSED UP? CHECK. READY, SET, GO! (CHECK) – Marilyn Armstrong
All checked off and ready to go … So why aren’t we gone yet? Because I need some coffee first. I don’t go anywhere without the coffee. It’s a thing. We’ll be away for a few days. The dogs will… Read More ›
SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED – Marilyn Armstrong
We are shaken, but not stirred I read all the James Bond books before they made it into the movies. I loved the books and for me, the movies were more like parodies than anything to do with Ian Fleming’s… Read More ›
2019: EARTH ABIDES ACHIEVES PLATINUM – REBLOG PLUS MY REVIEW
I don’t know how many copies I have owned of this book. Or how many times I’ve read it. I know it has been often. I first read it when I was a teenager and I’ve been rereading it regularly… Read More ›
RDP #16 : TARGET
RDP # 16: TARGET Lately, I have felt like a target. Three credit cards (all from the same bank) hacked. Lots of paperwork on fraud. A general sense that whatever I thought was “safe” before was just a myth I… Read More ›
RDP #15 – CATARACTS AND NEW LENSES – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP #15 – CATARACTS I don’t think anyone gets a single cataract. Eyes are in pairs and apparently, so are cataracts. I’ve had the same “hint of cataracts” for at least 15 years. It doesn’t get bad enough to cause… Read More ›
THINLY SLICED – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP #14 – JULIENNE That’s about as Julienne as anything gets in this house. Actually, Julienne is almost always a preview to dicing, but I love the way it looks, all neatly stacked in a pile on the cutting board…. Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 