My Grandmother, Sarah, grew up in Minsk, Russia. Her father was one of the very few Jews there who were allowed to do business with the Russian Gentiles. Therefore he was relatively well off. Grandma remembers her mother taking baths… Read More ›
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MAO, A CAT – Marilyn Armstrong
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 ›
Marilyn Armstrong’s “Childhood Memories” Featured in Ojo del Lago This Month.
Originally posted on lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown:
Click to enlarge, then click to turn pages. Marilyn’s article is featured in the table of contents and is found on page 42. https://issuu.com/ojodellago/docs/july2019
WHEN DO I LOOK LIKE ME? – Marilyn Armstrong
Considering one thing and another, I have always been sure I could not possibly be related to the people who raised me. I suspect everyone, especially as a child, is sure they are a misplaced orphan. Sadly, there was always… Read More ›
SO WHAT IS LYING, REALLY? – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #12 This week’s provocative question deals with exaggerations, embellishments, and lies. “How do you feel about people who always seem to exaggerate when relating a story? Do you equate embellishment with lying? As a blogger, when, if ever,… Read More ›
ANGEL’S SONG by Kim Harrison – A CHRISTMAS STORY
Get Your Tissues Handy! I’ve got a gift from me to you today, written long before I found publication and was raw with the need to reach and connect and short on literary grace. You may have seen this… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
What are the most important lessons you’ve learned in life? Sometimes, I’m wrong. But sometimes, even when I’m right, I should just shut up about it. How did you meet your husband/wife or significant other? How did you know he/she… Read More ›
NOW THE DAYS ARE SHORT – Rich Paschall
BUT NOW THE DAYS ARE SHORT, RICH PASCHALL When I was seventeen, it was a very good year… When I turned seventeen, I had finished my Junior year in high school and was looking forward to the Senior year at a new… Read More ›
REMEMBERING THE FAR AWAY #WRITEPHOTO … Marilyn Armstrong
Thursday photo prompt: Faraway #writephoto I remember. You could stand in the cove and feel the sands move out from underneath your feet. You could walk a little and feel the brush of underwater grasses against your ankles and see the… Read More ›
HOW A FORTUNE TELLER RUINED MY GRANDFATHER’S LIFE – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My father was a scientist and a very rational man. He didn’t believe in religion or have any superstitions, except one. He told me to never, ever go to a fortune-teller. He had a logical reason. HIS father had told… Read More ›
CHANGING THE PAST – BY ELLIN CURLEY
This blog was the first blog I wrote and published on Serendipity in November of 2015. I have written a large number of blogs since then, many of them recounting personal stories from my own life as well as the… Read More ›
LOVE IN INTENSIVE CARE – Ellin Curley
On February 11, 1972, my 88-year-old grandfather was hit by a truck crossing a street in New York City. His left side was smashed and a broken rib punctured his lung. Within 24 hours he was in a coma. My… Read More ›
