Alice Gerard

Today, spring’s unfolding was very, very wet. I was walking to church for a Good Friday service, but didn’t get very far when a neighbor picked me up and asked me if I was going to church. She told me that it was too rainy for me to walk. I said that it was OK. […]

As spring unfolds, our thoughts turn toward planting our gardens and maybe planting a few trees. We want our gardens to look their very best because a colorful garden is one of the keys to happiness. And one of the ways to make gardens look great while also suppressing excessive weed growth is to use

It rained today. The old cliche is that April showers make May flowers. Well, I suppose, it’s true, but, oh! It’s so wet. Yesterday, I walked over to the post office to pick up my mail. It was to be my last day of mail pick-up.  Pastor Kevin Slough of TrinityUnited Methodist Church talkedabout an

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to go to Kleinhans Music Hall, located in the west side of Buffalo, for a presentation of “The Passion of Yeshua,” by Richard Danielpour. The construction of Kleinhans was funded by the federal Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression, and Kleinhans was opened as a concert venue on October

Yesterday, I found daffodils for the first time. The sight was jubilantly joyful and it made spring unfolding feel real. It was warm and the sun was sort of shining and I went out for a short walk to pick up food because I was headed to a different house for an overnight pet-sitting job.

Spring is my favorite season. Every time I see flowers open up and buds swell and burst on trees, I feel full of joy. The colors and the smells are so…. ahhh-chooooooo! Um. Oops. All right. I have to admit that I am allergic to tree pollen. And grass. And these come in abundance in springtime.

Height. Great height. Standing tall. I live in a culture that values height.  If you’re tall, you’ve got it all. Or so it seems to those of us who are small. What can I say? I’m not at all tall, and I’m not going to get any taller! So let’s talk about nonhuman living things

  It snowed yesterday and today. For a short time, the flakes fell furiously. Well, almost furiously. OK, well, in my overactive imagination, the flakes fell furiously. It’s April. What can I say? Spring is supposed to be unfolding. Was I watching spring refolding back into winter? Say it ain’t so! It’s baseball season! Snow,

During the winter, the winds howl and they knock weakened trees over. The trees land on the ground in the forest and they sit there for years. Other trees, especially ash trees, become infested with invasive insects. They die and they either fall over or they are cut down. Whether the tree has fallen over

It got warm today. And, after church, I suddenly felt a need to be outside, exploring nature and the wonders of the change of seasons. So, off I went to Buckhorn Island State Park. The park looks sparse. I wondered what was happening and soon had my answer in a sign that said that the