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The COVID 19 pandemic has resulted in the cancellation of all indoor gatherings. Because the Grand Island Historical Society cannot hold its annual Christmas gatherings, here is a collection of photographs from years past.  

 “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” — Pablo Picasso Are people born to be artists or is art a skill that anyone can develop with a lot of practice and good instruction? There is a concept among many people that, to be an artist,

 Today’s blogging challenge is to share content that evokes emotions. Well, there is definitely a huge range of emotions that could be evoked, especially now, during a worldwide crisis. A time like this is when we need to remember that this, too, will pass. Also, that distractions are definitely welcome during a very difficult time.

Today’s blogging prompt from the Cornerstone Content challenge is to share content that evokes memories.  So I decided to share a whole bunch of images of things that might evoke memories in the form of an acrostic. An acrostic is a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word or a

 When I was in high school, my sister taught me to crochet. At the time, crocheting seemed like some sort of novelty that I would try for a while and eventually forget. Diane had taught me to crochet left handed because she couldn’t figure out how to demonstrate right-handed crocheting to me. At the time,

 “Many waters cannot quench love. Neither can floods drown it.” –Song of Songs, 8:7. When I was struggling with something unpleasant or hard, my mother always said to me, “And this, too, shall pass.” As a middle school student (half a million years ago), I didn’t understand what my mother was telling me. In my

  Earlier this year, I moved into an apartment, and I had the opportunity to create a living space for myself. In the past, interior design was not a priority. I had places to go, people to see, adventures to be adventured. But, because of the pandemic, my move to the apartment slowed down until

 Today, I am starting the month-long Cornerstone Content Blogging Challenge by talking about a few of the books that have inspired me to stretch as both a writer and as a visual artist. These books offer information that helps me build my skills, as well as encouragement to step out of my comfort zone. When

  Today, I express my gratitude to the letter G. Yes, literally the letter G. It’s the first letter of my last name. Oh, and all of the pictures have something green in them because green begins with G. So I was thinking that it’s time to do a creative writing exercise. I was hoping

As I was walking down the Riverwalk to my watercolor painting class at Partners in Art on Webster Street in North Tonawanda, I noticed the busy birds about me, in the grass and on the trail. So I stopped to photograph them, these fine feathered friends, many of whom aren’t especially popular with us humans