Day nine of Inktober. The prompt is sun. After a long day of walking through the rain, jumping at the sound of the sharp thunder and diving to the ground at the sight of bolts of lightning, Baby Bear was tired. It was time for dinner, and the pumpkins looked delicious. But Baby Bear couldn’t […]
Today is day seven of Inktober and of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. Today’s prompt is passport. Imagine if you had to get permission to visit the lands of mammals and insects and birds and the waters of the fish. Imagine if the animals themselves gave you permission to visit them. And imagine visiting them and
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Today, my sister and I went to Buffalo’s Garden Walk after our workout at the gym. As I was walking to the gym, I was thinking about the prompt for today:, which is to get a bit controversial and talk about the president and how the president’s policies have helped or hindered the work that
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Today was the 18th Paddles Up in the Niagara River. It’s happened every year until last year, when stormy weather conditions caused its cancelation. I had signed up for an eco hike last year but that didn’t happen. So, I made sure to sign up for this year’s eco hike as quickly as possible. Today
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There’s a new hiking trail at Veterans Park, which is Grand Island’s town park. I had heard about it, but I wasn’t sure where in the park it was. Last week, I discovered the entrance, which is near the Miracle League baseball diamond and playground. The Miracle League gives children with disabilities the opportunity to
Today, I am going to share a few images from the Grand Island Garden Walk, which was held on July 14th, as well as a few poems about gardens. Gardens are beautiful, and they inspire the imagination and emotions of poets. I mind me in the days departedHow often underneath the sunwith childish bounds I
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Today’s blogging challenge was to share a song lyric or a phrase that has meaning to me. The lyric I am choosing comes from the song “When You Walk Through the Dark,” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein (Carrousel). In this blog post, I’m going to explain why it’s important to me and the work
finding your way through a storm Read More »
And now…. for the actual question. What do you want to know about me or my blogging? Or maybe, a random thought popped into your head, and you’d like me to talk about it. I want to make “ask me anything” really mean “ask me anything”!!! So go ahead and ask away, and you’ll get
Today, with the help of friends, I was able to enjoy the annual Grand Island Garden Walk. Although it’s called a Garden Walk, it would be very difficult to walk the entire route. The ten gardens that were opened to the public were very far from each other. I was very fortunate to have a
The Grand Island Garden Walk Read More »