Alice Gerard

Will Sweet Suzie Bear write a book, too? She appears to enjoy books and libraries very much. I signed up for NaNoWriMo. That looks like just a random bunch of letters, right? Kind of funny looking? Well, that’s what I thought until a few years ago, when I signed up to participate in this activity. […]

Today, the Grand Island Memorial Library celebrated its 25th anniversary at its current location. The anniversary was celebrated with a performance by Charlie of Charlie and Checkers and with cake and apple cider. It was a fun time on a cold, damp day. The audience, which was comprised mostly of children under the age of

This is the last day of the Ultimate Blog Challenge, and I am happy to report that I have met the challenge. I have managed to post to my blog every day for the entire month. I am glad that I did it. It was a great experience for me to share pieces of my

It was a chilly October morning when the ghosts and the goblins came to town, causing the scaredy-cat lady to scream and the skittish cat to run for cover. The ghosts did not need anything to eat but the goblins favored dark chocolate. Goblins visited a confectioner who disappeared into the moonless night. The ghosts

Time for a little fun with writing and story telling! I found a website that offers a variety of opportunities for creative writing exercises. You can find the website by clicking onto the words “creative writing exercises”: creative writing exercises That’s a fun way to help ease or eliminate the frustration of writers’ block. So I

catching courage in unusual places, when we least expect it… In Kathy Kelly’s book Other Lands Have Dreams, she talks about “catching courage.” She says that we catch courage from each other, from being around other people with courage. Our courageousness does not come from being fearless but from dealing with our fear. I believe

Two years ago, I helped to paint a mural at the Grand Island Plaza. This is the section of the plaza that I helped to paint. I painted the sailboats and some of the water and the lawn. I’m noticing that this scene looks rather autumnal. It started off cold today. Really cold. That bone

Autumn has come.The wind blows the cool airs in and the leaves turn yellow and red and brown. The wind pulls the apples from the tree and blows down the leaves. It is time to collect the apples and to make applesauce and apple crisp and apple pie and other delicious foods.  Already, some of

note: It was suggested that in today’s blog post (day no. 25 in the ultimate blog challenge), I write about something in the news. What’s in the news are the upcoming elections. Unfortunately, I believe that, if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all. And I have nothing nice to say about

For several months, I had been hearing about a large stone that was being donated to the Grand Island Historical Society. As the recording secretary of the historical society, I dutifully added the information about the stone to the society’s minutes whenever it was mentioned. I did not think too much about the stone, however,