Tag: clocks

TIME IS A RIVER

Where has the past week gone? Time is our river. We flow with it, are part of it. Sometimes, it seems to rush along faster and certainly as we age, the time goes by so quickly we barely register what has happened before we are engulfed by the next surge of white water. We think of … Continue reading TIME IS A RIVER

THE CLOCK TOLLS, BUT SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH

Owen has clocked us. Whereas I used to have one grandmother clock in the dining room that I got from my first husband as a second anniversary gift -- received while I was in the hospital during my long, long recovery from spinal surgery -- which no longer ran, I now have four chiming clocks … Continue reading THE CLOCK TOLLS, BUT SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH

THE BIGGEST GLITCH – Marilyn Armstrong

Little things defeat me. An electrical blip -- so brief as to go otherwise unnoticed -- knocked out the time and date on the clocks and telephones in my house. It was so brief I didn't realize it had happened until I went to bed and everything was blinking. Don't you hate when that happens? All … Continue reading THE BIGGEST GLITCH – Marilyn Armstrong

CLOCKING OUT

I used to live by the clock. First, there was school -- mine -- to get to. Papers to write, deadlines to meet, exams to study for and hopefully, pass. Whoosh and I'm racing to get my son ready for school on time, ready for the school bus. Then me to the car for the … Continue reading CLOCKING OUT

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK

I used to live by the clock. First, there was school -- mine -- to get to. Papers to write, deadlines to meet, exams to study for and hopefully, pass. Whoosh and I'm racing to get my son ready for school on time, ready for the school bus. Then me to the car for the … Continue reading TICK TOCK TICK TOCK

LOCKS AND CLOCKS – CEE’S BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE

CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE: LOCKS AND CLOCKS Old and new, there are clocks everywhere. From the church tower, to each appliance in the kitchen, time is being told wherever we look. Except ... no two clocks show the same time.

TIME IS A RIVER – A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE

A Photo a Week Challenge: Clocks | Nancy Merrill Our dogs always know what time it is. In their world, there's a time (many times) to bark, a time to eat. A time (many times) to sleep. They know when we are going to feed them and in case we might have forgotten, they remind … Continue reading TIME IS A RIVER – A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE

A huge pink underbelly

Little things defeat me. An electrical blip -- so brief as to go otherwise unnoticed -- knocked out the time and date on the clocks and telephones in my house. It was so brief I didn't realize it had happened until I went to bed and everything was blinking. Don't you hate when that happens? I … Continue reading A huge pink underbelly