October 2016

A Request: Thank you for coming to the site and reading my stories. I’ve shared stories on a wide variety of topics, from painting to politics. I’ve used a number of writing styles, including haiku, political satire, fractured fairy tale, and creative nonfiction. I’ve shared photographs of the change of season. I’ve shared a creative […]

Note: The presidential campaign has been going on for well over a year. Every day, the utterances of the presidential candidates has dominated the news. And now, that the election will be held in just a few weeks, my only question about this process is… when will it end?????So… I offer an interview with an undecided

Today’s blog post is about the beauty of autumn. The colors are radiant and warm. Reds, yellows, and oranges dominate. It is a sad delight to see these colors because I know that, within a few years, most of our ash trees will die. It is time to celebrate trees and to think about planting

Today’s blog post is dedicated to the variety that makes life complete. Above is a collage of some of the people, places, and times that I’ve been able to share with you via this blog. I have been fortunate enough to have participated in various blogging challenges in the past few years. Because of the

I love music. For me, music is as necessary as air and water. Music is food for the soul and the heart. I love to sing and to play the piano and to listen to music that stirs my feelings and makes me feel alive. Today, I am sharing one song that truly warms my

Today’s blog post is about fun. What do I do for fun? Well, for me, documenting the beauty of my environment is fun. Recently, I did a 366-day photography project. The goal of the project was to take at least one picture a day for an entire year. There were days when it was difficult

There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile,He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse.And they all lived together in a little crooked house. -Mother Goose It is time for the fun of a creative writing exercise! It will be a timed writing.

Yesterday evening, I went to the Grand Island Fire Company’s open house. The first thing that I noticed was the moon. It was low and huge in the sky. Isn’t it spectacular? Actually, it’s not quite full in this picture. The full moon will be tonight. It is supposed to be a rare spectacle, called

Today’s blog post is a collection of pictures that I’ve taken in the past week or so. It includes late-blooming flowers, bees, spiders, and more. The sources of the photographs include gardens that I continue to work on and gardens that I have visited. The growing season here in Western New York is coming to

Once upon a time, there was a poor couple, who had a son, a daughter, and a cat. The children’s names were Hansel and Gretel and their parents’ names were “Mom” and “Dad.” They lived in a small, broken-down shack. The couple worked very hard to provide food to their family. The children went to school