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Today, Lee Tetkowski and I went to an Earth Day celebration that was held at Congregation Shir Shalom, in Williamsville. The earth day celebration involved food trucks, musical entertainment, and story. It was a happy event. Here are some of the images of the people at the event, along with a story that professional storyteller […]

Happy Earth Day! Today, I found beauty in the most unlikely place… a piece of land that is full of brush and plants with sharp spines. I found the beauty when I decided to pick up trash with a group that had been organized by Neil Gallagher, who has organized litter pickup parties in the

Yesterday Linda Cascio Critelli came to the Grand Island Memorial Library to do a cooking demonstration and to tell stories about her experiences in France, as well as her knowledge of Italian cooking. She was selling a little cookbook, titled Sicilian with a French Accent. It features “deliciously simple cuisine.” She turned the library meeting

Today, I am writing about the fun of preparing food and not necessarily following the recipe. I didn’t have pine nuts or basil… but I still wanted to make pesto. I had started experimenting with replacing basil with other greens some time ago. I first started with spinach, which was fun because it made the

For the last month, I have been taking a tree steward class, which was organized by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County and funded by the Buffalo Green Fund. We are being trained to plant and care for young trees. We can do our volunteer work in Buffalo, as well as organize tree projects

It’s time to share more comments and conversation! From the Comments and Conversation post…   thank you for chatting with me! … we continue the conversation! Martha: I missed “E”!! I love your elephants!! Thank you so much, Martha. Just like my dad, I love elephants. Elephants are interesting, complicated animals. They are very large,

On Sunday, April 8th, I went to Grand Island’s spring farmers’ market. It was held at the Knights of Columbus hall. All of this yummy stuffis made locally It is a plain room, but the market itself is magical, with its array of baked goods, eggs, meats, olive oil, vinegar, honey, maple syrup, and other

 It poured freezing rain all last night. By morning, the streets were a slippery disaster. I decided that walking… um… sliding to church was not happening so I stayed home and called it a “lull day.” It was a day to crochet and read and cook. Outside, the landscape looked frozen and not very attractive. The

On January 27th, I went to a wellness fair, sponsored by Grand Island’s small businesses. It was a delightful event, and I wrote about it early in February. Here is a link to that post: all about the wellness fair Every one of the exhibitors at the wellness fair had a prize that could be won.

Joy is defined as a feeling of great pleasure and happiness. People find happiness in one another.  I see human faces as a very likely place to find beauty. When I’m feeling sad, I feel much better if I see someone’s smile. So, today, I found an online editor, and I made these collages of