SERENDIPITY

Every autumn I notice the same thing: a lot of birds are missing. Since it comes up every fall, I have to assume they have gone somewhere else. To mate? Nest? All the migratory birds have flown. ...

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/22/nuthatches-in-october/

I heard these lines recently in a movie. I laughed. “Isn’t it too early to be drinking?” he said.“No,” she said. “I’m awake.” The line stayed with me after the laughter faded, rep...

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/22/isnt-it-too-early-to-be-drinking-garry-armstrong-2/

All Hallow’s Eve, MONDAY’s Whirl Wordle 10-21-24 Ooooo and booo! i guess the number doesn’t matter this time? Because all my 676s were audio equipment and something woodsy I’m pretty sure...

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/21/all-hallows-eve-magic/

Written and illustrated by Marilyn Armstrong My fame as a blogger has spread beyond the realm of the living into the nether regions as I went searching for a character to interview. Death popped ...

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/21/interview-with-the-reaper-2/

Weekend FOTD – October 19 & 20, 2024 – Chrysanthemums The mums have faded, though the petunias and begonias are still flowering. While they were in bloom, I took a lot of pictures of mums, so...

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/20/memorable-mums/

Cautionary Fairy Tale, by Rich Paschall It was election night and Chauncey King had arrived at the Wilford Washington Hotel just as he had done on many election nights. The doorman raced up to th...

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/20/democracy-for-sale/

Canned tomato soup tastes more like the can than the tomatoes. I have memories of tomato soup when I was a kid. I was sure it tasted a lot better than it seems to taste now. It’s also possible ...

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/20/in-search-of-great-tomato-soup/

We have had some truly exquisite fall weather. A bit dry. We are still okay, but fall isn’t usually quite so dry. Now that we have passed the middle of October, it’s time to add “Autumnal f...

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/19/getting-local-garry-armstrong/

Marilyn Armstrong - Searching for intelligent life on earth.

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/19/from-alli-templeton-the-medieval-secrets-of-great-orme/

I was going to the grocery to pick up a prescription for Marilyn. I put on my jacket. She said: “Take your camera.” I said: I’m just going to Hannaford.” She said: “Take your camera. It...

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/18/around-and-about-with-a-camera-garry-armstrong/

It’s a classic French recipe, simplified because most of us don’t have a sous chef to do the preparation. The peeling, slicing and chopping takes me about an hour, but if you have a bigger ki...

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/18/potato-leek-soup/

Anyone who knows me for longer than a few days has eaten my chili. It’s a basic “go-to” dish that — if you aren’t a vegetarian — pretty much everyone likes. I’ve served it for Chris...

https://teepee12.com/2024/10/17/my-homemade-chili/