August 2021

  Owasco Lake is one of the eleven lakes in New York State’s Finger Lakes region. At 11.1 miles in length, Owasco Lake is the sixth largest of those lakes, which are long and resemble fingers on a hand, albeit a hand with eleven fingers.  Because of the attractiveness of Owasco Lake, it is a […]

 In a world filled with uncertainty, nature is a constant. No matter what happens in the world of humans, nature performs its magic, whether it is the river flowing or the birds migrating along the same route that they have flown for centuries or the flowers that magically pop through the snow early every spring.

 These photographs were taken both in Casowasco camp/ retreat center on Owasco Lake in the Finger Lakes region of Central New York and on Grand Island. The first features a bumblebee sleeping on a teasel, and the second features a honeybee busily pollinating a flower.

Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love– anonymous   In March of 2020, when the spread of COVID-19 began resulting in lockdowns throughout New York State, I was clueless about the danger of pandemics. I had never before experienced a pandemic so, when the schools began shutting down, I thought that it was the

 “…and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein Today is the first day of the quarterly Ultimate Blogging Challenge for August 2021. I have been participating in these challenges almost forever. Each time that I participate in a challenge, I like to have a theme for the month. Sometimes, I stick to it,