Tag: humor

SKETCHBOOK 14 – IT’S THE DUKE!

Encouraged by everyone (thank you, ALL of you!) to keep at it, I decided to try a portrait of El Duque. I saved myself from the humiliation of feet and other things I really find difficult, and only did a head/face portrait. I should mention the portrait was better until, for reasons I don't even … Continue reading SKETCHBOOK 14 – IT’S THE DUKE!

UNNATURALLY ODD

Not One of Nature’s Oddities In a brusque departure from my usual squirrels and birds, we got a new stove today. Our old one, after about 13 years -- maybe longer; I don't remember except my father was still alive, so it was more than 12 years ago -- lost its thermostat on top and … Continue reading UNNATURALLY ODD

SKETCHBOOK 13 – MY BLUEBIRD

This is the first drawing I've done that I like. It's not perfect -- if perfect is possible -- but it looks pretty close to a real Bluebird, and for once, it's got a shape. It doesn't look flat. I didn't get the color precisely either, but I'm not sure anyone but nature could create … Continue reading SKETCHBOOK 13 – MY BLUEBIRD

WORLD SHARING IN A SHORT MONTH

SHARE YOUR WORLD Is it evil 😈 to feel like taking down the bastards who are messing with my life? I don't want to kill them. I just want to cause them serious pain. Puleeze? Questions What would be the most surprising scientific discovery imaginable? That humans are capable of doing the right thing. Because … Continue reading WORLD SHARING IN A SHORT MONTH

DANGEROUS HUMAN BEANS

Last night we made a package of green beans. They weren't the "nuke'em in the package" beans we usually get. You were supposed to empty the package into a frying pan, and 8 minutes later (according to the package), they would be ready to eat. That was when the package warned us that "the food … Continue reading DANGEROUS HUMAN BEANS

NOR’EASTER FELLS THE LEGEND By GARRY ARMSTRONG

Editor: In 2022, Garry tackled a snowstorm, or should we say it tackled him? Mother Nature came through on the heels of the frantic predictions of a whopper storm. Skeptical New Englanders are watching the snow fall faster than the numbers on Wall Street after another week of gridlock on Capitol Hill. The snow was … Continue reading NOR’EASTER FELLS THE LEGEND By GARRY ARMSTRONG

SKETCHBOOK 12 – MORE BIRDS

Encouraged by your encouragement, I did a few more birds, including a pair of Cardinals. They aren't as fat this year, probably because they have to compete with a giant flock of starving Grackles. I don't know if the Grackles are really starving, but they act like they haven't eaten in years. They act like … Continue reading SKETCHBOOK 12 – MORE BIRDS

FEBRURARY SQUARES – ODD BIRDS

The Square Odds I'm not sure if anything I've got is odd. I'm not sure that everything I've got isn't odd. Given the past couple of years, I'm not sure that anything is odd unless everything is odd or weird or bizarre. So let me start with "Birds Can Be Odd, Too." Two finches, separate … Continue reading FEBRURARY SQUARES – ODD BIRDS

LAST TWO ON THE CARDS

Last on the Card – January 2022 I think we -- as a family -- took more pictures during the past three or four days than we took the entire rest of the month. The huge blizzard that hit us geared everyone up, and since Owen had the perfect camera -- an Olympus Tough TG-6 -- ready … Continue reading LAST TWO ON THE CARDS

HOW MY FAMILY INVENTED THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR – BY ELLIN CURLEY

This is one of the funnier old family stories and my family believes that it documents the first time being a conscientious objector was used as a rationale to get out of military service. The concept did not exist in World War I, when this story takes place. Abe was my grandmother’s brother. He was … Continue reading HOW MY FAMILY INVENTED THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR – BY ELLIN CURLEY