Personally, I thought Garry should write this himself. It was his show. He was the star with the cool Hollywood stories. But he doesn’t like to write about his “events” (I don’t know why not because he does it often… Read More ›
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ORGANIZING THE PAST – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I just spent three weeks with my 34-year-old daughter, Sarah. She lives 3000 miles away, in LA, so this was a rare treat. We have so many interests and views in common, we never run out of things to talk… Read More ›
DREAMING ABOUT CHICKENS – Marilyn Armstrong
Last night I dreamed about chickens. It looked a lot like it does around here. A bit hilly. Lots of trees. There was a movie star living in the house. She was supposed to be young, but her skin looked like the… Read More ›
SIX YEARS AND A MILLION MILES TO GO
According to WordPress, I started this blog on February 4, 2012. That’s not entirely accurate. I picked the name and signed up with WordPress on that date, but all I did was write a couple of paragraphs that basically said… Read More ›
SHARING OF MY WORLD – BARE TREES AS CYBER MONDAY FADES AWAY
Cee’s Share Your World – November 27, 2017 Would you prefer a reading nook or an art, craft, photography studio? None of the above, thank you. There was a time when all of them would have been high on my… Read More ›
MY TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY – BY ELLIN CURLEY
It was the night of October 18, 1987. My husband, Larry, had been devolving into a state of paranoid rage for several weeks. He couldn’t enter the house at this point without punching something, like a wall. Or breaking something…. Read More ›
THE PRICE OF NARCISSISM – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I found out late in life, in my 50’s, that my mother was a serious narcissist. As with many narcissists, she got worse as she got older. Her illness escalated dramatically after the death of my father, in 1981, and… Read More ›
GOOD FRIENDS – BOSTON’S TV NEWS PERSONALITIES – GARRY ARMSTRONG WITH MARK SHANAHAN
I’ve just finished reading Terry Ann Knopf’s “The Golden Age of Boston Television”. Terry was a long time TV critic for a prominent Boston-area newspaper. It’s an interesting read, covering a special time in Boston television news. I’m in it,… Read More ›
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG WITH THAT?
When I lived in Israel, there was a story in the news about a family who sold their house and used the proceeds to buy lottery tickets. They figured they had to win. Win big. After which they would buy a new… Read More ›
TELLING STORIES – Marilyn Armstrong
Last night I dreamed about chickens. After a tooth-grinding review of how badly mistreated we have been by past employers — Garry’s and mine — somehow I slid sideways into an old house in the country. It looked a lot… Read More ›
LEDA DOES THE SWAN
Back in my bright college days, I was for the first 2 years, a music major. When my fellow wannabe musicians hung out on the quad on warm sunny days, we would plan projects that were going to make us… Read More ›
Prompts for the Promptless – Ep. 11 – Remake! — Leda and the Swan, Take 2
For more than 50 years, I have been nurturing this idea and I have to thank you for giving me an opportunity to tell the world. Back in my bright college days, I was for the first 2 years, a… Read More ›