Tag: funerals

POLITICS, WEATHER, AND LAST HURRAH SONGS – GARRY ARMSTRONG

I promised Marilyn I'd write a little something to ease her burden of SERENDIPITY blogs. It's difficult to be prolific and creative. I recall that dilemma from my TV news days. It's a grind turning out daily, quality pieces. My mind is a whirling dervish of loose marbles, some of which also contain the germ … Continue reading POLITICS, WEATHER, AND LAST HURRAH SONGS – GARRY ARMSTRONG

WHAT PAGE OF WHICH AUTOBIOGRAPHY?

I just couldn't write today's prompt.  Write a third page from a non-existent book? Hell no. Why would anyone want to read it? I wouldn't read it. Not my own, not yours either. Instead, I leave you with a favorite quote which somehow fits, if you assume the book goes like this: Page 1 - I am born. Page 2 - … Continue reading WHAT PAGE OF WHICH AUTOBIOGRAPHY?

On getting people to like you …

Frank Skinner *, “You can spend your whole life trying to get people to like you, but at the end of the day the turnout at your funeral will be largely dependent on the weather” (Or -- if you can get a day off work.) * Frank Skinner (born Graham Christopher Collins on 28 January 1957) is a British writer, comedian … Continue reading On getting people to like you …