If you were rich enough, there were a few special things you could get including the option of “traveling POSH.” What, you ask, is “posh” and why would I want to travel that way? That was the way to go…. Read More ›
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PORT OUT STARBOARD HOME
Steamship was the way to travel. The best was was to be on the port side going out to sea and on the starboard side on the way home. That is what POSH means. Port outbound, starboard home. POSH was… Read More ›
NARY A RIPPLE
RDP Sunday–RIPPLES “With nary a ripple” signals ultimate peace. No waves, no white water. Just the smooth glassiness of water and it’s reflection of sky, clouds, and the trees along the bank. And maybe the reflection of the geese or… Read More ›
RESCUE ALL OF US AND SAVE THE WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
RESCUE THE WORLD AND ME, TOO Rescue us from aging, mental exhaustion, and this dreadful government. If you didn’t vote last time, remember how it worked out. Please please, save the world and vote this time. Even if the candidate… Read More ›
LIVING IN THE WILDERNESS? – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP SATURDAY: WILDERNESS The area in which we live is definitely rural, but I never considered it wilderness until suddenly, after 20 years of receiving packages from every known delivery service, we can’t be found. We have disappeared. We get… Read More ›
STATE OF MY NATION – Marilyn Armstrong
STATE OF MY NATION – RDP SATURDAY I have forbidden television viewing today. It’s the Republican opportunity to deny everything and I don’t think I can handle it. Worse, this might be the broadcast that finally makes Garry kick the… Read More ›
OUT MY BACK DOOR – Marilyn Armstrong
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Out My Backdoor I look out my backdoor a lot. It’s a small deck leading to a rather small lawned area that when we were younger and more socially active, was the scene of many summertime barbecues,… Read More ›
HOW MANY MAGNANIMOUSES MAKE UP A CONFUSION? – Marilyn Armstrong
Magnanimous but Confused It is a beautiful day. Cool, comfortable, with a shining sun and no rain predicted. It doesn’t mean it won’t rain. It just means it’s less likely to rain than if they had predicted rain and anyway,… Read More ›
TO IMPEACH OR NOT? IS THAT EVEN A QUESTION? NOT ANYMORE – By TOM CURLEY
IMPEACHMENT (FINALLY) NOW! As I write this, I’m watching the Speaker of the House of Representatives formally open an impeachment inquiry into the Twitler-in-Chief. What did it take? Well, a whistle-blower went through legal channels and brought a complaint about… Read More ›
THE EARLY GOLD OF AUTUMN – Marilyn Armstrong
The leaves have definitely begun to change! The aspens are bright yellow and there are edges of red on the maples. There is a hint of gold on al the leaves as if some painter was doing a watercolor and… Read More ›
HAPPENSTANCE JUST HAPPENS – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Wednesday – HAPPENSTANCE It has been one of those weeks. We were supposed to go away at the end of the week to celebrate being alive and surviving this year, but happenstance really happened big-time. First, I got sick. I… Read More ›
INFURIATION, RAGE, ANGER, AND OTHER BLOOD PRESSURE-RAISING MOODS – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP-Sunday–INFURIATE Ever since Garry said he was sure I was going to have a stroke if I didn’t calm down, I have calmed down. Mostly by having all of these rage-filled battles online rather than on the phone. I didn’t… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 