The snow has finally stopped falling. All of that snowfall was the result of a giant storm that affected much of the United States, from Arkansas to New England, as well as parts of Canada. The storm left snow and ice and extremely cold temperatures. Many people lost electricity, and travel was extremely hazardous. Yesterday, […]
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when the weather is atrocious… A huge storm is predicted to arrive early on Sunday morning. It could bring snow or ice and winds and who knows what else. There is the likelihood that states will declare states of emergency and travel bans. On my phone, I am getting alerts for a winter storm warning,
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In the summer of 2008, I participated in a 500-mile walk called the Witness Against War walk. On July 12th, we began our walk in downtown Chicago, Illinois. We arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the end of August. We spent most of our time walking through Wisconsin. We visited Minnesota three times as we
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Today, my friend Debbie and I went to the Randy Becken Farm Stand to buy some of their luscious produce. This farm stand is located on Upper Mountain Road in Sanborn, New York, and this was my first visit. What a delightful place! I hope that it won’t be my last visit. So, I am
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part four Last time, I had said that I would post one more installment in this tale, but, since then, I changed my mind. I decided to break this into two parts, just because a blog post with ten images could be a bit long and unwieldy. So, for this installment, I have six drawings,
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So… I know that pumpkinations isn’t actually a word, but I decided to do a Lewis Carroll sort of thing and invent a word. Some of the words that Lewis Carroll invented include: chortle, frabjous, frumious, bandersnatch, snark, boojum, galumph, mimsy. They are fun words, as well as being funny. I wonder which of them
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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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Part two Prompts for day eight through fourteen of Inktober are: reckless, heavy, sweep, sting, shredded, drink, and trunk. Where the story left off: Wolf gave his mother a special pair of earrings, which startled her, but he didn’t know why. She didn’t speak about her nonreaction. After that, Wolf talked to his mother about
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What could be better than getting ready for my favorite holiday? It’s all about bright colors and fun. It’s about apples and winter squash and celebrating autumn, as well as getting to be any character you want to be. The only down side to Halloween is that it can be really cold and, as someone
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Last Friday, I went to St. Timothy Lutheran Church to paint wooden ornaments. These ornaments were made by Paul, a local wood carver, and they will be sold at the Erie County Fair. All proceeds from the sale of the ornaments will go to the Make a Wish Foundation, which grants wishes to children with