Alice Gerard

Yesterday, I went to the Riverside-Salem Environmental Chapel for the annual Christmas in the Woods program. It features song leaders Nan Hoffman and Kathy de Loughry, as well as guitarist Joe Tumini. Nan and her friends share their music twice a year at Riverside-Salem: Christmas in the Woods celebrates winter and Christmas and Music in […]

A Request: Thank you for coming to the site and reading my stories. One of my goals with this blog is to make it more interactive with readers. I’ve shared stories on a wide variety of topics, from painting to politics to environmental issues. I’ve used a number of writing styles, including  political satire, fractured

Today is Human Rights Day. It is a commemoration of the day in 1948, when the General Assembly of the United States adopted the International Declaration of Human Rights. Human Rights Day has been observed throughout the world since 1950.  Human Rights Day is a good day to remember that all human beings are entitled

First… for the update… On November 18th, I entered a writing prompt contest with a story about Tom Turkey, who dreamed of flying to the moon. The contest was run by a website called “Literative.” I found that contest because, that day, I couldn’t think of a topic for the daily blog post so I

Today, I am going to interview President Elect Mighty Mouth, who has graciously agreed to sit down to an interview with him. I am interested in how he thinks about a wide variety of subjects. So… here he is… President-Elect Mighty Mouth!!! MM: I was interviewed yesterday on the Today Show. I know that I

Today, I am sharing images of the season, a trip to a magical place of fun and imaginations. The images include snowpeople and Santa Clauses and winter scenes and elves and gingerbread houses and reindeer and snow. It is delightful and magical and fun to see these little Christmas worlds without having to travel very

Today, I am sharing a type of writing exercise. In this exercise, you imagine that you are living on a deserted island. Those of us who are less than thrilled with the result of the recent presidential election in the United States may have an urge to move to a deserted island. I have to

Today, I am starting a series of interviews of teachers that I plan to continue through the school year. Because I am now the editor of the Huth Road Elementary School PTA’s newsletter, I have the opportunity to interview teachers so that people could get to know the teachers a little better. Unfortunately, there is

On Saturday, December 3rd, at the Grand Island Town Hall, there was a presentation on the effects of dangerous levels of pollution in Buffalo, Tonawanda, and Grand Island. There was also an explanation of research that is underway to assess the damage in Buffalo, Tonawanda, and Grand Island from exposure to air pollution.  Contaminants have

On Friday, December 2nd, I went to the Grand Island Historical Society’s holiday luncheon at River Lea. The house was decorated in a Williamsburg style. It looked very Christmasy and quite delightful. It was definitely enough to get you in the Christmas spirit, if only for the amount of time that you were at River