I was just glancing through another post on The New Yorker asking whether Joe Biden is electable. I have read similar stories in the Washington Post and other newspaper, online and offline about every potential candidate. It’s almost as if… Read More ›
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DO WE WANT TO ELECT ANYONE? – Marilyn Armstrong
I was just glancing through another post on The New Yorker asking whether Joe Biden is electable. I have read similar stories in the Washington Post and other newspaper, online and offline about every potential candidate. It’s almost as if… Read More ›
ECLECTICISM IN A DIVIDED WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Eclectic Garry suggested it’s because we’ve become almost accustomed to their winning — or nearly winning — and thus we’ve become “ho-hum” about it. I don’t think so. I’m pleased the Patriots won. I’m glad they are… Read More ›
REMEMBER BEING UNDERDOGS? – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Underdog It seems so long ago … but it’s just 15-years. For some of you kids — Note: If you are under 40, you’re a kid — that’s a long time. For us older fans, it was… Read More ›
A SPIRAL OF CHANGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Ragtime Daily Prompt #67 – SPIRAL Last night, I found myself staying up very late — much too late — to watch the end of the final game in the Yankees-Red Sox 4-game matchup. Garry had gone to bed. When… Read More ›
WHO’S GOT THE BIGGEST EGO? – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Ego “MAGA, MAGA, MAGA” screamed the audience. “Whatever happened to ‘God bless America’ and ‘Land of the Free?’ ” I commented. Garry changed the channel. The whole thing was making him feel ill. It’s why we watch… Read More ›
DREAMING OF LOTTERY WINS – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP #3 – IMAGINATION I’m imagining my life if I really won the lottery. Would I fix this house, or knock it down and build a new one? What kind of car would we get? I’m imagining spending the worst… Read More ›
FREEDOM – Marilyn Armstrong
OBSERVE AND REMAIN MINDFUL OF FREEDOM I want everything to last forever. When I buy a television, I don’t expect to ever buy another one. I will keep using the old one until it simply won’t work anymore … or… Read More ›
SURE TO WIN? I’M IN.
Too Big To Fail — Tell us about something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail (and tell us why you haven’t tried it yet). Definitely the lottery. No question about it. I have tried it, occasionally, but… Read More ›
A WELL-SPICED SUCCESS STORY
The Spice of Success — If “failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor” (Truman Capote), how spicy do you like your success stories? I ran this in mid-October, but it is so “on the button” for this prompt (and… Read More ›
WRITING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS
I wrote a lot of posts before getting Freshly Pressed. In the beginning, I didn’t think about it because I didn’t know about it. After I became aware that such a thing existed, I figured I’d get noticed eventually. My… Read More ›