April 2022

Budapest: According to the website, “33 Travel Tips,” Budapest is a beautiful city. It has many great historic structures, including an absolutely gorgeous Parliament building, the Hungarian State Opera House, the Hungarian National Museum, and Buda Castle (originally built in 1265!!!). If you want to have an unusual method of transportation, there’s the Buda Castle […]

of Niagara Falls and the daredevils that challenged it. “And after all, what’s the point of being Daredevil if you can’t leap before you look?” Charles Soule, Daredevil: Back in Black, Volume 1: Chinatown As one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Niagara Falls attracts people from all over the world to view it, both

A grook is is a poem that is aphoristic in nature. It is short and it has a rhyme scheme. An aphorism is a pithy statement, such as “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” If I were to break a lawI’d like it to be the law of gravityBeing earthbound has to be some

 “Men have forgotten this truth, said the fox. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” – Antoine De Saint Exupery I love the fox in Antoine de Saint Exupery’s novel, “The Little Prince.” He understands life and love and all things that are good and wise and

from farm to table Today, I went to Tom Thompson’s farm to buy eggs. They are always fresh, and, no, I don’t open the carton to check them. That’s been an ongoing post on Facebook, with the majority of people claiming that they would never buy a dozen eggs without opening the carton to check

“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” Rodger A. Caras (American wildlife photographer, writer, wildlife preservationist and television personality) Who could resist the adorable face of a five-week-old Akita puppy? This sweetie is one of a litter of nine puppies from a pair of purebred Akitas that belong to my

and aren’t cookie (even though “C is for cookie, and that’s good enough for me”) Coloring books is the first fun thing that begins with the letter C. It used to be that there were only coloring books for little kids. Once you reached a certain age (maybe ten???), you were supposed to give up

for hikers, gardeners, and tree lovers To make a prairie, it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. Emily Dickinson I have found that field guides are really helpful books to keep in my personal library as reference material. They

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Maya Angelou These markers are incredible. The colors are intense and vibrant, and they give a watercolor effect. And, if you layer the colors, they blend like watercolors. It really is the best of all possible worlds. The markers are easy to

experiencing the drama of seasonal changes Over the winter glaciers, I see the summer glow. And through the wind-piled snowdrift, the warm rosebuds below. Ralph Waldo Emerson Today, I went out with my friend Tom to experience the wonder of a river filled with ice. Tom told me that, when he first looked at the