Alice Gerard

Dr. Celia Spacone is the coordinator of the Erie County Suicide Prevention Coalition. She also placed a great emphasis on suicide prevention in her previous role as executive director of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center. She has worked with many people in crisis and has offered them hope to keep fighting for life and for a […]

Sooooo…. everything has stopped functioning that isn’t considered “essential.” And life goes on, at a slower speed. Today, I am going to start documenting this experience of life on shutdown. It kind of reminds of the title, “Stop the world. I want to get off.” Except for the fact that I didn’t ask for the

The COVID-19 (Novel coronavirus) means that we have to engage in social distancing. No hugs, no handshaking, no restaurants, gyms, events with more than ten people. No school, no community events…  But there is always light, even during a dark time. It is still fine to take a walk outside and to visit parks and

A week ago, a new worship leader arrived at Saint Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church. Because our transition priest, Father Chris O’Connor, was called to another ministry after being with us for sixteen months, we needed to have a second transition priest. The new priest, Father Tom Hawkins, whose title is worship leader, is now settling in

Today’s blogging prompt is “ceramics and pottery.”  I really love ceramics and pottery. For a tactile learner, such as me, ceramics and pottery are awesome. It’s all about touching stuff and molding stuff. That is super fun and very exciting. I never tire of working with clay, even though it isn’t my go-to art form,

parasite: an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other’s expense. Two days ago, on a cold winter’s day, my friend Lee and I went to see the movie “Parasite.” Well, Lee had called me that morning and asked me if I

chapel at Stella NiagaraNature Preserve Today’s blogging challenge is to write about glass windows. I love windows made of glass. They are beautiful. They are see through and they are reflective at the same time. Glass windows were invented in the fourteenth century, but they weren’t used in homes until the sixteenth century. St. Luke’s

I have been getting my hair care and pampering session at WaveLengths for some time. My hairdresser, Jacquie, succeeds in transforming me every time. I come in with a head looking like an unpruned shrub, and I come out, looking great! Jacquie is not only my hairdresser, she is also my friend and confidant. I

Today’s blogging challenge is to write about plastic shopping bag. Well, it’s supposed to be a gratitude, but, honestly, I can’t find very much about plastic shopping bags that I like. Plastic shopping bags were invented in the early 1960s by a Swedish engineer named Sten Gustaf Thulin. Those bags are made from a material

Note: Today’s blogging prompt is “acceptance,” and it came from Lorna MacDonald Czarnota. This morning, at church, the choir sang “Holy Ground,” in four-part harmony. It felt so good to sing that. Harmony is everything. It gives shape and color to the song and makes it feel whole. You can sing anywhere, even in sad