Alice Gerard

  Today’s blogging prompt is to describe something that happened on “this day in history.” And, guess what I found? A big mystery. On August 18th, 1590, John White, who was the governor of the Roanoke Island Colony in what is now North Carolina,  returned from a supply gathering trip in England to discover… no […]

 Today’s blogging prompt is to relate a song lyric to my life. I thought about songs that I know and love and chose “Memory” from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Cats.” The lyrics from this musical are from T.S. Eliot’s book, “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.” Memory is a powerful thing. It can be

  Today, I invite you to ask me anything! Anything at all. Family friendly, of course. Silly is good. Just type your question in the comments section below. To get your question asking creative juices going, here are some sample questions (with brief answers): 1. What would you do if you saw a vampire? Run.

  I really miss my parents at pretty much every time of the day. I think about what they would be doing and what they would be saying. On Thursday nights, they played Scrabble. Every week, without fail, the Scrabble board and a collection of dictionaries would come out, and my parents would be prepared

 Today’s blogging prompt is to write about your favorite number. I thought that would make for a very brief blog post. “My favorite number is 27 because I was born on the 27th of the month. If there were no number 27, I could have never been born because my birth date would have magically

 Almost #WordlessWednesday! Here are images of Three Sisters Island, which is about as close to the rapids leading to Niagara Falls as you’re ever going to get. Three Sisters Island is located in Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, New York.

 Yesterday, after I posted my blog entry about Owasco Lake, I was busily reading other people’s blogs when I discovered this gem, titled “The Infinite Possibilities of Life,” by the Lady in Read.” I love that title… the infinite possibilities of life… so I was very drawn to this blog post. I was also drawn to

  Owasco Lake is one of the eleven lakes in New York State’s Finger Lakes region. At 11.1 miles in length, Owasco Lake is the sixth largest of those lakes, which are long and resemble fingers on a hand, albeit a hand with eleven fingers.  Because of the attractiveness of Owasco Lake, it is a

 In a world filled with uncertainty, nature is a constant. No matter what happens in the world of humans, nature performs its magic, whether it is the river flowing or the birds migrating along the same route that they have flown for centuries or the flowers that magically pop through the snow early every spring.

 These photographs were taken both in Casowasco camp/ retreat center on Owasco Lake in the Finger Lakes region of Central New York and on Grand Island. The first features a bumblebee sleeping on a teasel, and the second features a honeybee busily pollinating a flower.