Last week, I went to a place called Rustic Buffalo. It’s a bunch of shops in a group of buildings in Sanborn, New York. It specializes in fun Buffalo-themed stuff, with some other things thrown in for the sheer joy of it all. A few of the things that I saw looked like they belonged […]
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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 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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What creative ideas people have! This vendor fair at Leaf, Stone, and Steel in Grand Island was a great way for people to share their creativity and make some money while doing so. Here are pictures of some of the things that people made or cooked or grew. I hope that you enjoy this Wordless
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Joyful shopping Earlier this month, I went to a vendor fair at a small business called “Leaf, Stone, and Steel,” located on Grand Island. This business is truly delightful. They sell a wide variety of plants, many of which are succulents. Because of this business, I have become very fond of succulents. They are beautiful
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It’s mid-autumn now, and the colors are warm and vibrant, as opposed to the gentle pastels of spring. I thought that today would be a good day for a walk, to explore autumn. One of the great joys of autumn is that it’s the season when so many foods are ripening, such as apples and
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Today, I decided to model a creative writing exercise, designed to combat the infamouse writer’s block. So, I used a random word generator to come up with eight disparate words. Here are my words: entice, bribe, soothe, tawdry, furious, ice-cream, glasses, cake In this exercise, there will be a time limit of about 10 to
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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
I went to today’s open house at the Grand Island Historical Society’s museum in Beaver Island State Park, It started out as a warm and windy day, but, by late afternoon, the rain was coming down pretty hard. Fortunately, almost my entire time at the historical society’s museum, River Lea, was relatively dry. Victorian mourning
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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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