It’s been cold and snowy. The winter storm warning continues until tomorrow afternoon. I thought that today would be a good day for me to share some of my poetry with you. I never thought of myself as a poet but a few years ago, my sister suggested that I try writing poetry. And I […]
When I was a child, I had many dreams, which ranged from exploring space in a rocket ship to drawing comics that were published in newspapers all across the United States and even the world. I dreamed that I would walk across the United States, starting at the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and ending
The prompt for week three of Inktober 52 is glide. Which made me think of a polar bear skating on ice that never melts. Here is this happy polar bear on ice skates. He’s looking for an ice dancing partner. I think that polar bears who enjoy ice dancing would be a delightful sight to
If you would like to do some of the creative writing exercises that I share in this blog, here are some resources. You can find all sorts of fun stuff with this random generator, including writing exercises and prompts and word games. I find the generators in this website to be very delightful. For me,
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“I want to sail with Bearnacle,” said LIttle Bear. “You don’t even have a name yet,” said Tiny Bear. “Nor do I.” “We can have an adventure with Bearnacle,” said Little Bear. “Then we will grow into whatever name our parents choose to give us.” “I suppose you’re right. I think that I have been
This is my little lion friend. I really had fun drawing his portrait in colored pencils! My lion friend likes hanging out with the bears who live in my room, but they are sad because they don’t have a tiger friend. They want me to say, “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” And then,
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After Bearnacle returned from his magic adventure that took him beyond the stars, he began learning how to build boats. His dream was to be the captain of a great sailing ship, but the bears had no such boats. Only the humans had those large ships with many sails. When Bearnacle was a cub, his
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Part four from last time: Wolf walked on. Just then, he got very hungry. He wondered if he would feel hungry while sleeping. Abruptly, he woke up. He walked into the kitchen, where his mother was weeping over an onion. Or maybe something else??? prompts: skeletal, lesson, vacant, award “I had a nightmare last night,”
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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
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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