Alice Gerard

The apples are ripe and I’ve been making applesauce galore. It is definitely the time of the year for that project. I’ve eaten some of it, given away some of it, and the rest has been put in the freezer. I have been getting apples from my Becker Farms CSA (community supported agriculture) share, Thompson

  Today’s blogging prompt is to write about a place that I would like to visit. Where would I like to travel? Well, back in the April Ultimate Blogging Challenge, I had responded to a similar blogging prompt by beginning an imaginary trip around the world. I traveled west, through Canada, and then crossed the

 Today’s blogging challenge is to offer some historical tidbits, both personal and worldwide, and to talk about the changes between then and now.  Tidbit number one: In 1871, the Chicago fire started. It wasn’t just any fire. It was the Great Chicago fire. It started in a barn after a very dry summer. Early autumn

Today’s blogging challenge is to talk about weekends. Do I like to write or blog during the weekend or do I prefer to take the time off? Well, I don’t know. Maybe a mix of both. It depends on what’s happening on any particular weekend. I don’t like to plan my life far in advance

  I’ve been having fun taking pictures of pumpkins. They used to all be round and orange. Bright orange. So very orange. Now, they can be a variety of colors. And not necessarily smooth. Some pumpkins look like they got into the poison ivy. For real. Well, maybe not for real. Who knows? Can a

  Today’s blogging prompt is about autumn. What do I do in autumn that’s unique to the season? Well, now that it’s October, I start getting excited about my favorite holiday, namely Halloween. It’s all about candy, dark shadows, a good fright, and costumes. But it’s still weeks away.  In the meantime, there are plenty

 Last Wednesday, I paid my first visit to the Viking Diner. It is a new restaurant on Grand Island, having opened in February. Unfortunately, by mid-March, everything shut down, and most of us had to wait for months before we could enjoy such new treasures as the Viking Diner. The Viking Diner occupies the space

 Today, I am starting on another Ultimate Blogging Challenge, something that I have participated in since 2014. I don’t remember how I found this challenge, but I am glad that I did. It has helped me to grow as a writer and as a photographer and as a human being. The challenge is held quarterly

  Today’s blogging challenge is “content that delivers results.” What sort of content delivers results, I wondered. Well, how about a recipe? Or two recipes. My goal was to make baked pesto chicken thighs and potatoes. The chicken thighs that I am using are skinless and boneless. So I started by making the pesto. I

 On occasion, when I was working at my BIG GOVERNMENT JOB at Buffalo Harbor State Park, I was giving the task of walking the grounds of the park and picking up and discarding litter. It was a fun task. I got to take a walk all day. The litter collection turned into a few fun