THOSE WHO LISTEN AND THOSE WHO DON’T It’s surprisingly difficult to get doctors to stop looking at ones “long-term” health and get them to deal with the here and now. My theory is that doctors hate losing patients. E…

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THE HOLOCAUST, LEICA AND THE JEWS OF GERMANY The Leica is the one of the pioneers in the field of 35mm cameras and arguably, the finest of them all. It is a German product: precise, minimalist, and efficient. Behind its worldwide acceptance a…

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ONE-TO-THREE PHOTO PROCESSING One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-September 2025 Moving on into fall. The weather has cooled down, though there will still be warm stretches. September can be very warm — as it was the …

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EARLY EVENING IN MAINE One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-August 2025 I’m going to try something a little different this time. Let’s see how it plays. Twilight in Jackman, Maine – Scene 1 Twilight …

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CHANGING WORLD: AUGUST 2025 This is August 2025 Photos by Garry and Marilyn Armstrong Notes: If I am IN the picture, figure someone else (not me) took it. If Garry’s name is the signature, HE took the picture. The ones …

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AND SO IT GOES Sharing my world 25th August The surgeon was pretty encouraging. She thinks (as do I) that this is not a recurrance but a new growth. Not the offspring of the two previous tumors, but an outlier. O…

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BEWILDERED ON THREE LEGS A BEWILDERMENT OF DOG AND MANKIND – A FRIDAY FLASHBACK FOR SATURDAY  A couple of days ago, Duke decided he had to leap a badly broken fence. Why? So he could examine the oil input for the hou…

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IF BEING A TWAT WAS A TV SHOW, TRUMP WOULD BE THE BOXED SET. I tried to reblog this post, but for unclear reasons, it wouldn’t. Instead, I just got a blank page. Thus I am using my blank blog for a reblog. Someone asked “Why do some British people not …

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THE JOY OF BLUEBIRDS So among the many pictures found yesterday, there are many bluebirds. Not as many bluebirds as grackles, but the bluebirds come as one, two, three at a time. You don’t discover (one morning) …

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COMING OF AGE My Favorite Films, by Rich Paschall We all have to grow up and learn the lessons of life. Some lessons are fun. Some are work. Some are terrifying. Many films show these various aspects of gro…

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COLORS OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS I’ve been waiting for my mums to display their colors. Today was as perfect a summer’s day as we ever get, so I grabbed the camera and went out. It was late in the afternoon and suddenl…

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SUMMER PLANTS, SUMMER NOT – WINING, DINING, AND TEACHING PLANTS TO GROW Share your World: 11th August The weather has cooled down. The tomatoes on the deck, unmolested (so far) by birds or beasts, are turning red. I doubt they’ll make it to the table because we e…

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LATE SUMMER BIRDS WITH HOMEGROWN TOMATO I was shocked yesterday when I realized I hadn’t taken any pictures this month. I figured today was a good day to fix that. Let me begin by saying we just “harvested” our first ho…

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INSTRUMENTAL HITS 1975 Edition, by Rich Paschall It was a big year for Instrumental hits. We will count down our favorites for this Golden Anniversary. Follow along to see how many you remember. Your dad might remem…

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RICHARD JAECKEL – Garry Armstrong Boston, 1973. I don’t remember the exact date, but it was warm. We shot in shirtsleeves in the lobby of the TV station. I couldn’t get a studio and was being urged to get the shoot fini…

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RICHARD JAECKEL – Garry Armstrong Boston, 1973. I don’t remember the exact date, but it was warm. We shot in shirtsleeves in the lobby of the TV station. I couldn’t get a studio and was being urged to get the shoot fini…

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MY HAIR LOOKS GREAT! Never dismiss the power of biotin. Since I started taking it — about 2 years ago — my hair has turned glossy. It has thickened. It flows. One hefty unit of biotin along with other vitam…

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MY FAVORITE YEAR – A REWRITE BECAUSE TIMES ARE STRANGE YET ODDLY FAMILIAR At a time when I feel abandoned by both countries in which I hold citizenship, it’s good to remember better times. It turns out a lot of those times were when I was young. Not younger. Young.…

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ONE IN A MILLION I’m that one in a million who gets the disease no one gets. The odds of getting cancer 15 years post mastectomy are “one in a million.” As soon as I saw that, I thought: “Th…

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ONE IN A MILLION I’m that one in a million who gets the disease no one gets. The odds of getting cancer 15 years post mastectomy are “one in a million.” As soon as I saw that, I thought: “Th…

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EARLY EVENING IN MAINE One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-August 2025 I’m going to try something a little different this time. Let’s see how it plays. Twilight in Jackman, Maine – Scene 1 Twilight …

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THE CHANGING SEASONS – JULY 2025 The Changing Seasons, July 2025 This has been a strange month. We’ve had a lot of activity, all medical, dental or veterinary. Garry, me, Duke. The rest of the family have had issues too. I g…

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EARLY EVENING IN MAINE One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-August 2025 I’m going to try something a little different this time. Let’s see how it plays. Twilight in Jackman, Maine – Scene 1 Twilight …

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A BIT OF FICTION – HOOK & PAN “Shiver me timbers,” shouted Hook as, once again, Peter Pan eluded his grasp. “Shiver me what?” teased Pan. “What timbers? Where?” “You know,” said Hook. “Timbers. Like … I don’t know … the timbers…

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THE CHANGING SEASONS – JULY 2025 The Changing Seasons, July 2025 This has been a strange month. We’ve had a lot of activity, all medical, dental or veterinary. Garry, me, Duke. The rest of the family have had issues too. I g…

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You can say that about all people everywhere. The problem isn't the character of a people but the character of those in power. If I were to make my best guess, I'd say that at LEAST half are against what is going on. Many of the rest have serious doubts. Netanyahu was NOT always a hawk.

It would be nothing short of a miracle for it to pass. Let's hope for it to pass but be ready. I'm not exactly holding my breath for the result.

GARRY IS TODAY’S RED SQUARE Other shapes are allowed … ? I sought for reds that were not birds or flowers. Ultimately, I snuck back into the piles of pictures I’ve taken this month and squared some that were oblon…

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GARRY IS TODAY’S RED SQUARE Other shapes are allowed … ? I sought for reds that were not birds or flowers. Ultimately, I snuck back into the piles of pictures I’ve taken this month and squared some that were oblon…

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