It’s mid-autumn now, and the colors are warm and vibrant, as opposed to the gentle pastels of spring. I thought that today would be a good day for a walk, to explore autumn. One of the great joys of autumn is that it’s the season when so many foods are ripening, such as apples and […]
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Today, I decided to model a creative writing exercise, designed to combat the infamouse writer’s block. So, I used a random word generator to come up with eight disparate words. Here are my words: entice, bribe, soothe, tawdry, furious, ice-cream, glasses, cake In this exercise, there will be a time limit of about 10 to
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Part three Wolf felt cold and apprehensive. “I will go and look for my bear friend. He might be named Bearnacle now. I will leave in the morning.” “Please be careful. It’s very dangerous,” said Wolf’s mother. Just then, a cold wind blew fiercely, and mother and son went into the house. Wolf fell into
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A public art program was kicked off this fall here in the Town of Grand Island, New York. It was organized by the Economic Development Advisory Board. Two artists were selected to paint traffic boxes in the center of town. One of the artists is Sophie Myers, a sophomore at Grand Island High School and
I went to today’s open house at the Grand Island Historical Society’s museum in Beaver Island State Park, It started out as a warm and windy day, but, by late afternoon, the rain was coming down pretty hard. Fortunately, almost my entire time at the historical society’s museum, River Lea, was relatively dry. Victorian mourning
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Today, I went to two different events to take pictures for the newspaper. The two events were the Holiday Happenings at the Golden Age Center and Trunk or Treat at the library. The Golden Age Center is a place where senior citizens can go to have lunch and enjoy such activities as French class, exercise
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The prompt today was to write about something fun and what could be more fun than walking in an area full of giant rock formation? Okay, maybe walking that same area at night under the stars? Would that make me a rock star? Hey, stop groaning, and don’t click that X at the top of
Today, I am sharing pictures of birds that I’ve seen this year and last year here in Grand Island, New York, and elsewhere in Western New York. Yesterday, I was headed to the Grand Island Town Hall for a meeting of the Historic Preservation Advisory Board when I saw this group of turkeys. I took
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It’s (almost) Wordless Wednesday, so I’m sharing pictures of Buffalo’s City Hall, both inside and outside. Buffalo’s City Hall is an art deco structure that was built between 1929 and 1931. It was dedicated on July 1st, 1932, during the city’s centennial celebration. It is an amazing structure and, in the past few years, the
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Part two Prompts for day eight through fourteen of Inktober are: reckless, heavy, sweep, sting, shredded, drink, and trunk. Where the story left off: Wolf gave his mother a special pair of earrings, which startled her, but he didn’t know why. She didn’t speak about her nonreaction. After that, Wolf talked to his mother about
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