This beautiful mug was a Christmas gift from my nephew James. He is a bicycle racer and the president of a local bicycle club, the Buffalo Bicycling Club/the BBC. One of the club members is a man named Bryan Hopkins, a studio artist who has a specialty in pottery. He creates the most incredible, gorgeous […]
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It’s time for a caption contest!!! In the comments section here or wherever you give me comments about my blog posts, please provide a caption for this picture. Have fun, be creative and think outside of the box (it’s imaginary, lol). The winner will be featured in a future blog post this month. In fact,
An oddly placed bencha nice perching place for squirrelson a snowy day Decorative fencecovered with powdery snowdreary winter’s day Outdoor oasisherb garden has gone dormantwintertime respite Trees stand tall and straightwatching gardens hibernatewaiting for sunlight Outdoor umbrellaswhen the sky is overcastprotect from the snow Question for you: What do you see out of your window
I first met Lenore (Lee) Tetkowski in 2006. I was assigned to write an article about Grand Island High School’s first graduating class, who had graduated from high school in 1966. That year, that group was having their 40 year high school reunion. I interviewed a few members of the class and they all suggested
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Last October, I made my third effort to do Inktober. Until then, I never finished the month. But this past year, I did finished it for the first time, probably because I paired the drawings with stories about Bearnacle Bear when he was still known as Baby Bear. After Inktober was finished, I realized that
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Today, for my photography challenge, the prompt is “black and white.” For the Ultimate Blogging Challenge, it’s “four.” So, I am combining the two to create this mystery story, which I am making up on the spur of the moment, based on photographs that I took between yesterday and today of four different places. The
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It’s day three and the prompt is “currently reading.” I added two books to the picture because, under the circumstances, that seemed like the right choice. So, I’m stretching the “currently” a bit. I just finished reading “The Boy Who Ran Away to Sea,” by Barry Gifford. It’s actually a series of short stories, all
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The prompt for day two is “something good,” and, since Christmas continues for twelve days, it became that something good. But then… …It became bittersweet. Unfortunately, among people I know, death came to visit not once but five times during the week between Christmas and new year’s eve. It made the whole season hard to
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Leaning, not leaping. It’s sort of like trying to decide if you’re going to go swimming outdoors on a cold day. Which is warmer… the air or the water? Should I stick a toe in? Should I run in the other direction? Except, with a new year, there’s no running in the other direction. The
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