Category: Personal

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT YOU ASK?

Marilyn wrote the following four days ago. It was left in draft form. We thought we would share it today. HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD I KNOW MORE THAN YOU? No one has ever returned from that other place to tell us. We don't have a lot of starlings, but this morning, there were many. … Continue reading WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT YOU ASK?

OUTLIVING THE BITCHES

One Sunday in church, the Pastor's sermon was about forgiveness. He asked everyone in the church to stand up. Then he asked those who had no enemies to sit down. Everyone sat down but one very old woman."You have no enemies at all?" asked Pastor."Not a single one," she answered, nodding her agreement."Please, come up here and … Continue reading OUTLIVING THE BITCHES

NEW YEAR’S REVELATIONS!

I don't have a long list of things I wanted to do but which didn't happen. Oh, I suppose a few things. I never roamed the streets of Paris. Never spent a long summer there buying baguettes and rich coffee. It would have been nice, but other things happened instead -- which made me happy … Continue reading NEW YEAR’S REVELATIONS!

LIFE ISN’T A BOX OF CHOCOLATES

If I could go back and change my past, I wouldn't. Life isn't anything like a box of chocolates. You cannot pick and choose the pieces you like and leave the rest. Or, as my mother did, cut each open to see whether you like it before you eat it, leaving all those gooey messes behind. You … Continue reading LIFE ISN’T A BOX OF CHOCOLATES

A COMPLETE TEAR

Rotator Cuff Surgery, by Rich Paschall If you are a baseball fan you have probably heard of rotator cuff surgery. Many baseball players have had it, especially pitchers. The wear and literally tear on an arm can cause a player to need an operation. Cincinnati Reds All-Star Joey Votto had Rotator Cuff surgery late in … Continue reading A COMPLETE TEAR

MY LIFE AS TOLD TO ME BY ME

When I was little, I had imaginary playmates. I talked to them. They followed me around. I was never bored because I had friends who really understood me. After I started school, my shadow friends left, never to return. Instead, I got a narrator who has been my lifelong companion. Whatever has gone wrong in my … Continue reading MY LIFE AS TOLD TO ME BY ME

AT HOME IN AUTUMN

I picked up Garry's cold. He's feeling better. I am hoping this is going to be a really short cold. I need to get on with life and I feel like I'm permanently planted in my recliner. As I sat in the living room, baseball playoffs on the screen, I looked outside. Today is the 14th … Continue reading AT HOME IN AUTUMN

THE NARRATOR

When I was little, I had imaginary playmates. I talked to them. They followed me around. I was never bored because I had friends who really understood me. After I started school, my shadow friends left, never to return. Instead, I got a narrator who has been my lifelong companion. Whatever has gone wrong in my … Continue reading THE NARRATOR

WHAT WOULD McQUEEN HAVE DONE? by GARRY ARMSTRONG

It must be payback. Karma, hubris, or both. For more than 30 years, I drove a succession of fully loaded convertibles with Steve McQueen in my brain. Once, I was racing to a story in the dead of night when a State Trooper pulled me over. He asked the traditional question. He smiled when I … Continue reading WHAT WOULD McQUEEN HAVE DONE? by GARRY ARMSTRONG

A SECRETARY WITH LONG FINGERS

Once upon a time, in a far away land, The Boss assigned me a secretary. Not part of a pool, but a whole person. With a master's degree from Mt. Holyoke. Pretty daunting, me with my little B.A. from Hofstra. So I said to The Boss: "What is she supposed to do?" "You write, she … Continue reading A SECRETARY WITH LONG FINGERS