March 2017

Note: Today’s teacher story focuses on Rhonda Taylor, who teaches at Huth Road Elementary School. She is the advisor for the school’s Early Act Club. The Early Act Club is a service club for children, ages five through thirteen. It is connected with Rotary International, and the goals of the club are to give children […]

The theme of week twelve of the 52 week photography project is orange. Just that. Orange. I can do whatever I like with it. So, what imagery do I get from just thinking about the color orange? Ten years ago, I went to federal prison for protesting against the School of the Americas (Western Hemisphere

“If you want peace, work for justice” — Pope Paul VI On Wednesday, March 22nd, I attended the second of the Grand Island Ministerium’s series of Lenten Luncheons. It should have been the third; however, last week’s snowstorm resulted in the cancellation of that week’s luncheon. The featured church at last week’s luncheon was Saint

Week eleven’s challenge in the 52-week photography project was a photo editing challenge, rather than a picture-taking challenge. The editing technique is called split toning. The first step is to turn a color photograph into a black and white photograph. That can be done on the computer. I use photo gallery in Windows to get

I hibernated. The storm struck and I stayed inside, watching the snowfall from the safety of indoor space. Today is the second day of “winter storm Stella” (uh oh, is there a “winter storm “Stanley” on the way?) All of the schools were closed, and many activities were canceled. This has been a widespread storm

This week’s challenge in the 52 week photography project was to tell a story via the relationship of objects. About a week ago, it seemed that winter was over and that spring was coming very soon. That plan was abruptly canceled. First it got really cold and, then, it started snowing copiously. It has been

Today was a cold, windy, and sometimes snowy day. It was winter trying to assert itself. It was the early flowers of spring popping out, despite the snowflakes and bitingly cold air. Here are some of the images of my downtown Buffalo experience. At the Home and Garden show in the Buffalo Convention Center, I

Every year, the Grand Island Ministerium puts together a Lenten Luncheon series. There are five churches that are members of the ministerium: Saint Stephen Roman Catholic Church, Trinity United Methodist Church, Saint Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church, Saint Timothy Lutheran Church, and Island Presbyterian Church. All clergy from these churches attend meetings of the

At the most recent meeting of the Grand Island Historical Society, held on March 2nd, the guest speaker was Ray Wigle, development director of the Niagara County Historical Society and director of the Erie Canal Discovery Center. He told us about how the Erie Canal came to be and he really put the STORY into

Today, I went with a group from Saint Martin in the Fields of Grand Island to visit Saint Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Buffalo. This year is the cathedral’s bicentennial. It was established as a church in February of 1817. The original wooden structure was built at a cost of $5,000, which nearly bankrupted the