Tag: Human

BLACK & WHITE – SHOES, FEET, HUMAN & ANIMAL

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Feet or Shoes, Human or Animal This Cee Neuner, this week her topic is Feet or Shoes, Human, or Animals. Enjoy being creative if you feel like it, and have fun with the challenge.  

MYSTICAL, MAGICAL SOCKS – Marilyn Armstrong

Two years ago, I order 30 pairs of socks in all different colors and patterns. I realized, finally, that I was down to a bare two or three pairs and I wasn't even sure they were real pairs, but they were at least more or less the same color. Around the same time, I also … Continue reading MYSTICAL, MAGICAL SOCKS – Marilyn Armstrong

ABOUT THOSE SOCKS

Two years ago, I order 30 pairs of socks in all different colors and patterns. I realized, finally, that I was down to a bare two or three pairs and I wasn't even sure they were real pairs, but they were at least more or less the same color. Around the same time, I also … Continue reading ABOUT THOSE SOCKS

OH MOTHER OF INVENTION, HOW ABOUT ELIMINATING US?

It's really a simple solution, you know. We may already have one somewhere. It probably needs a little refinement, but I think it would solve the Earth's problems. A bomb. A huge one. Not neutron because  that kills animals as well as people. Too much other destruction, too. We need a special people-eliminating bomb. After all the … Continue reading OH MOTHER OF INVENTION, HOW ABOUT ELIMINATING US?

Rereading Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart

When I first read Earth Abides by George R. Stewart more than 40 years ago, it wasn't newly published, but it was new to me. Unlike many other books I have read and forgotten, Earth Abides has stayed with me. I've returned to it many times in recent years, but there was a period of almost 30 years … Continue reading Rereading Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart

Sensible Violence

We were up in Worcester, the capital of our middle-of-nowhere part of the world. Taking pictures, happily unaware that something awful was happening 60 miles away in Boston. When we got home and the phone and email lit up, we knew something was up, Garry and I lived in Boston for a long time. Garry … Continue reading Sensible Violence