first weekly roundup! In the morning, you wake up to a growling tummy, a meowing cat, and the need to visit the bathroom. It is the same, every day. You look in the mirror briefly because your morning face isn’t what you like seeing. It’s just look, looking like someone snatched you away from your
can capitalism and creativity co-exist? On Thursday, at the monthly meeting of the Grand Island Historical Society, John Matwijkow told us all about Elbert Hubbard, the founder of the Roycroft campus in East Aurora, N.Y. He was a go-getter who had started his career at the age of 16 in 1872 as a door to
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I have two articles to write for this week’s newspaper, and my deadline is tomorrow morning. I thought that I would check in here with my picture but… WHAT HAPPENED????? There is a horrifying green glow emanating from my head, as if I’d spent an entire lifetime in a…… dare I say it? Will it
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When I was a little kid, I watched rocket launches and television shows set in outer space, and I thought that traveling the universe in search of space aliens would be fun. I wondered if space aliens actually spoke English, like they all seemed to do on “Star Trek.” Later on, when I watched “Star
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I was really tired today so I fell asleep and had a dream that I saw the above image in the mirror! It was obvious that I couldn’t see where I was going because… where were my eyeglasses? Oh, and my hair? And what’s with that fashion statement? Apparently, I was trying something new and
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#WordlessWednesday (almost) My camera has a setting called “creative shot.” You take a picture and it gives you five variations of the same image. It is a super fun setting to use, and I always love to see the results. black and white version. so big, bright, and vivid. See how lovely I am? (humble,
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A Grand Island Adventure with Alice! Today, I took a hike along the roads and trails of Beaver Island State Park with the Grand Island Rotary Club. Diane Evans was the docent who shared information about the trees and other plants, as well as some of the birds, along the route. My phone, with its
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That time of year is upon us yet again. It’s the time when we all realize that someone has planted way too much zucchini and we are going to be eating zucchini almost forever. And, of course, we won’t because we don’t eat zucchini for Christmas, but still… when the zucchini apocalypse is upon us,
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One of the things on my bucket list was the Renaissance Festival in Sterling, New York. It’s in New York’s Finger Lakes region, a very scenic part of Central New York. But, once you arrive at the Renaissance Festival, you leave New York State behind as you enter into England in the latter part of
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