Isn’t autumn wonderful? So much color and such a beautiful harvest. I don’t even have the words to describe it. So, I will defer to someone else, who described it far better and far more vividly. I am always happy to defer to William Shakespeare, one of the greatest writers of all times. He shaped
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Yesterday was the second day of a printmaking workshop that I attended at Starlight Studio and Art Gallery. This studio, located in downtown Buffalo, is designed for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. It’s a very cheerful looking studio, with brightly colored images decorating the walls. The people who come to the studio daily produce
Here are pictures of some of the flying things that I’ve seen recently on my adventures. It’s been fun for me to photograph these flying things and to share them with you. It’s a bird, it’s a plane… no, it’s super blimp!!! That was really something to watch. I don’t know if I’ve ever in
The last prompt for the july Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to write a recap of the experience. So, here goes. And so…. we approach the end of the July 2026 version of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. At midnight, I will post my monthly photograph of rabbits on Facebook because it’s good luck for the start
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Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to describe what I do on Thursday or to share a day in the life of… me. I am writing this in real time, so, most likely you will not see this blog post until Friday morning. When I wake up in the morning, this is the
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Today’s prompt is to talk about my plans for this blog, now that the July challenge is coming to a close. Where would I like to be in 90 days, when the next chapter of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge starts? Today, I am going to share the ninth and last installment of the steampunk bear’s
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Today’s Ultimate Blogging Challenge prompt is to talk about how my industry as changed as a result of the U.S. president. This prompt came with a warning: it could be a very controversial post. “Sometimes, you have to stir the pot.” As a storyteller and an observer of life and the world as it is,
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part eight of the steampunk bear’s saga At a council meeting for the ravens at the base of the eighth mountain, one of the ravens volunteered to fight the Rusalka. A pouch of the potent herbs that the steampunk bear had collected was wrapped around the raven’s talons. The ravens gathered around their companion and
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Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to share a youtube video. The technical term for this is “content creation.” The YouTube video that I chose is called “Sea Ghosts.” It is spooky music from the ocean. The composer is Brandon Fiechter. Please go to the YouTube link and subscribe. He is very talented
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Yesterday, the prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge was to write about a trip that I took. I also promised to demonstrate one of Natalie Goldberg’s writing prompts, so I’m going to combine both into one story. The prompt that I am going to use will start with “I remember…” As part of the prompt,
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