Month: August 2013

Daily Prompt: To pledge allegiance and mean it

I promise to love my country and no one has to force me to do it. I will love the United States regardless, but like a child, I won't always approve of her behavior. One of the things I love best about this nation is exactly that we are allowed to say we don't care … Continue reading Daily Prompt: To pledge allegiance and mean it

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Cold, Grey North Atlantic

The sky is rosy with the coming sunrise. The air is full of the smell of salt. Sand crunches under your sandals. Listen to the call of seagulls and the whoosh of the waves breaking against the shore. Flights of plovers and terns flutter by. You'll never mistake this for the Pacific. It's colder. Darker. Don't … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: The Cold, Grey North Atlantic

Because we need a laugh … or at least I do!

Probably like everyone else, people send me jokes. I love jokes, as long as they aren't offensive or mean-spirited and I collect them. When I have enough, they becomes a post. Like this. So, if you have something you think is hilarious, send it to me. I'll save it and when there's enough to fill … Continue reading Because we need a laugh … or at least I do!

Following The Leader — Bellwether, by Connie Willis

Bellwether was the first full-length novel by Connie Willis I read after finishing her Cambridge Time Travel series. One of the rare book that grabbed me from page one ... really, from sentence one ... in the process of rereading it I realized that this isn't a science fiction book. It's just a very good … Continue reading Following The Leader — Bellwether, by Connie Willis

Weekly Photo Challenge: Rockport Harbor, Cape Ann, Massachusetts

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Daily Prompt: A little sneaky but more than a bit odd

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Garry Armstrong on Martin Luther King

For my friends and followers who are fans of my husband, the Legend, here's a link to his recent on-air piece this past Wednesday on New England Cable News. Broadside, with Jim Braude, is a live half-hour news analysis and commentary show. The subject of the day was remembering Martin Luther King, discussing his memorial … Continue reading Garry Armstrong on Martin Luther King

Natural Water Garden in Pink

The Mountains Stood In Haze, Emily Dickenson

My Alter Ego

- - - I am Maggie when Maggie is me. In fictional times, I depend on she Stepping into the breach To give me what I need. It's her job, her reason for being. Indeed. - - - She's endured my loves and absorbed my losses Suffered my marriages and two divorces. Born a shadow … Continue reading My Alter Ego