On this date in 2016, Garry and I were visiting Ben in Arizona. This is Garry’s story. A Friday Flashback on Saturday. Deal with it. Story by Garry Armstrong Photographs by Garry & Marilyn Armstrong More than a week in… Read More ›
westerns
WHERE’S MY COFFEE?
We are sitting here in our living room watching “The Man From Laramie (1955),” Anthony Mann’s psychological revenge saga starring James Stewart. It’s one of Stewart’s grittier roles and the cast is A-list. It’s a good one. All of that being… Read More ›
BEST OF THE OLD WEST – GARRY ARMSTRONG
“Lock n’ load” was the political slogan of a presidential candidate I was covering in the ’80’s. He wore a white Stetson and a gold string tie over his flowered cowboy shirt. As a reporter, I was objective and clear-headed…. Read More ›
HORSES & THEIR SILVER SCREEN COWBOYS – TOM CURLEY
Marilyn and Garry wrote a blog a while back about watching one of their favorite movies, “Rustler’s Rhapsody.” It’s also one of my favorite movies. They introduced it to me. I’ve seen it dozens of times and I love introducing… Read More ›
AND HELL’S COMING WITH ME …
Sometimes, you need to see the good guys win. Shoot some bad guys. Because sometimes, you wish you could shoot those bad guys, but you’re just not that kind of gal. This is our wild west justice fix. Wyatt Earp:… Read More ›
GUN SENSE, GUNS, AND GUNSMOKE BY TOM CURLEY
A REBLOG AS FRESH AS THE DAY IT WAS WRITTEN. IT’S ABOUT A SHOOTING IN TEXAS – FIVE YEARS AGO. I can no longer count all the mass shootings in this country. We’re still into serious protesting about the February… Read More ›
MOVIES WHOSE DIALOGUES YOU CAN QUOTE? GREAT QUESTION!
Fandango’s Provocative Question #148 If ever a question was aimed at Garry rather than me, this has got to be it. I’m going to answer it today. Garry has some kind of interview with a radio station about Boston busing —… Read More ›
THE LAST OF THE SILVER SCREEN COWBOYS – THE GARRY VERSION
“Lock n’ load” was the political slogan of a presidential candidate I was covering in the ’80’s. He wore a white Stetson and a gold string tie over his flowered cowboy shirt. As a reporter, I was objective and clear-headed…. Read More ›
SILVER SCREEN COWBOYS AND THEIR HORSES – By TOM CURLEY
Marilyn and Garry wrote a blog a while back about watching one of their favorite movies, “Rustler’s Rhapsody.” It’s also one of my favorite movies. They introduced it to me. I’ve seen it dozens of times and I love introducing… Read More ›
NEWS NEVER CHANGES: GUN SENSE AND SENSIBILITY – BY TOM CURLEY
Fandango’s Flashback Friday — June 25th Given the state of the state, this seemed pretty relevant. I can look through the posts on Serendipity over the months and years and instead of becoming outdated — because we fixed it — or at least moved… Read More ›
MYRON HEALY WANTS A DRINK
CBWC: Faces In Things In this case, the faces were in our television. My husband is not merely a movie maven. He is also seriously hooked on old western movies and television shows. This was an old episode of Cheyenne. Made… Read More ›
ME AND DUKE WAYNE – BY GARRY ARMSTRONG
I liked him so much I named a dog after him. Now that is appreciation. Our Arizona vacation is a trip back in time to some of my favorite western movies and TV shows. The cactus covered fields and surrounding… Read More ›
‘THE LATE, LATE SHOW’ – “GUILTY PLEASURES” (MA-XXX) – Garry Armstrong
Yes, I know. The title sounds like a promo for a soft porn movie. No, it’s not! I don’t do that stuff. Hold on. It does involve soft porn. I’ll get to that in a few minutes. One of the… Read More ›
THE LAST OF THE SILVER SCREEN COWBOYS – Garry Armstrong
A Nostalgic Spoof of Those Great Old Westerns We watched “Rustler’s Rhapsody” again last night, this time with Rich Paschall who had never seen it before. We love this movie. It’s an affectionate spoof of the B-Westerns of the 1940s… Read More ›
A PILGRIM’S TALE – Garry Armstrong
Our Arizona vacations were trips back in time to some of my favorite western movies and TV shows. Those cactus covered fields and surrounding mountains evoked memories, especially of the John Wayne-John Ford classic Westerns and the areas around Phoenix… Read More ›
HORSE SENSE – BY TOM CURLEY
Marilyn and Garry wrote a blog a while back about watching one of their favorite movies, “Rustler’s Rhapsody.” It’s also one of my favorite movies. They introduced it to me. I’ve seen it dozens of times and I love introducing… Read More ›
AND HELL’S COMING WITH ME … – Marilyn Armstrong
Wyatt Earp: All right, Clanton… you called down the thunder, well now you’ve got it! You see that? [pulls open his coat, revealing a badge] Wyatt Earp: It says United States Marshal! Ike Clanton: [terrified, pleading] Wyatt, please, I … Wyatt Earp: [referring… Read More ›
A NOSTALGIC SPOOF: THE LAST OF THE SILVER SCREEN COWBOYS – Garry & Marilyn Armstrong
A Nostalgic Spoof of a Beloved Movie Genre We watched “Rustler’s Rhapsody” again last night. I love this movie. It’s an affectionate spoof of the B-Westerns of the 1940s starring Tom Berenger, Patrick Wayne, G.W. Baily (currently with “Major Crimes” on which Berenger… Read More ›
GUN SENSE, GUNS, AND GUNSMOKE – Tom Curley
I can no longer count all the mass shootings in this country. We’re still into serious protesting about the February 14, 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and I’m rooting for the kids to finally get done what we have… Read More ›
WILD HORSE PASS: THE SHOWDOWN – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Story by Garry Armstrong Pictures by Garry & Marilyn Armstrong THE STORY OF THE POSSE FROM HELL – Garry’s Tale More than a week in Arizona and we couldn’t lose them. We couldn’t see them. The big country that protected us… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 