January 2023

having fun with the camera’s creative shots setting A few months ago, my friend Amy gave me a camera. I did with it what I usually do. I set it up without reading the directions. I generally am too impulsive to read directions, as, once I have a new toy, I want to get started […]

Weekend life is definitely different than the weekday life that I described in Friday’s blog post. Well, it’s not always different. Sometimes, there are events for me to photograph for the newspaper. In a few weeks, there will be the Valentines Day farmers market, with fun, colorful baked goods and candies to photograph. Such a

This is the blog post that I had planned for Thursday, if only I hadn’t fallen asleep first… On Thursday morning, I was doing last-minute writing, finishing an article about a Disney on Ice skater for my local newspaper, the Island Dispatch. It was an interesting, inspiring story of a man who has been a

#blogboost #wordlesswednesday It snowed for much of the day, and it looks really pretty. This morning, I was in River Lea, the Grand Island Historical Society’s headquarters at Beaver Island State Park, to do some photography for an upcoming newspaper article. While I was there, the snow started falling, so I headed outside to take

after your team loses… I have been a Buffalo Bills fan for years. It has been a roller coaster ride, for sure. There have been good seasons and atrocious ones. There was the bizarre four Superbowl losses in a row, which included the infamous “wide right” field goal attempt. Following those years were many years

a book review This book is next month’s book club book at Grand Island Memorial Library I signed up to be a discussion leader for the monthly book club that meets at the local library. All I knew was that I was to lead the discussion in February. In fact, on Valentine’s Day. I didn’t

#WordlessWednesday (maybe a few words!) Every now and then, I draw and paint an image that looks similar to the earlier images that I’ve done, but different, depending on the medium that I use. Creating these images is all about having fun and letting go of all expectations. It’s truly the “don’t worry be happy”

Did you know that on January 17th, 1929, Popeye made his debut in a newspaper comic strip called “Thimble Theatre,” which had gotten its start in The New York Journal in 1919? Before the arrival of the sailor, the comic strip featured a full cast of characters, including Olive Oyl, Caster Oyl, Mama Oyl, Cole

Today, I went to a friend’s house for a tea party. For me, that’s about the best kind of party possible. After all, I am Alice, and Alice went to the Mad Tea Party with the March Hare, Mad Hatter, and Dormouse. The three of them were sentenced by the Queen of Hearts to an

It’s Let’s Paint a Rock Day! (non official)