On Saturday, Lee Tetkowski and I went to Buffalo to visit the Stitch Buffalo fundraiser and to spend time with Lee’s daughter, Diane. Lee is a retired art teacher and a weaver, so she has an interest in  supporting and encouraging the textile arts. The fundraiser was held at the Resurgence Brewing Company at 1250 […]

Today, I visited a bakery/cafe that just opened at 1879 Whitehaven Road. It’s called Mama De’s Mixing Bowl. You can get muffins, cookies, cupcakes, and all sorts of goodies at Mama De’s, and there are a few tables, so you can sit down and enjoy your yummies. You can also look at local photography. All

Today, I am starting two blogging challenges for the month of April: the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and the A to Z challenge. Hence, most of my blog posts will have a letter of the day. Apparently, using the alphabet is a popular thing. Sue Grafton has been writing a whole series of novels, all of

Note: Today’s teacher story focuses on Rhonda Taylor, who teaches at Huth Road Elementary School. She is the advisor for the school’s Early Act Club. The Early Act Club is a service club for children, ages five through thirteen. It is connected with Rotary International, and the goals of the club are to give children

The theme of week twelve of the 52 week photography project is orange. Just that. Orange. I can do whatever I like with it. So, what imagery do I get from just thinking about the color orange? Ten years ago, I went to federal prison for protesting against the School of the Americas (Western Hemisphere

“If you want peace, work for justice” — Pope Paul VI On Wednesday, March 22nd, I attended the second of the Grand Island Ministerium’s series of Lenten Luncheons. It should have been the third; however, last week’s snowstorm resulted in the cancellation of that week’s luncheon. The featured church at last week’s luncheon was Saint

Week eleven’s challenge in the 52-week photography project was a photo editing challenge, rather than a picture-taking challenge. The editing technique is called split toning. The first step is to turn a color photograph into a black and white photograph. That can be done on the computer. I use photo gallery in Windows to get

I hibernated. The storm struck and I stayed inside, watching the snowfall from the safety of indoor space. Today is the second day of “winter storm Stella” (uh oh, is there a “winter storm “Stanley” on the way?) All of the schools were closed, and many activities were canceled. This has been a widespread storm

This week’s challenge in the 52 week photography project was to tell a story via the relationship of objects. About a week ago, it seemed that winter was over and that spring was coming very soon. That plan was abruptly canceled. First it got really cold and, then, it started snowing copiously. It has been

Today was a cold, windy, and sometimes snowy day. It was winter trying to assert itself. It was the early flowers of spring popping out, despite the snowflakes and bitingly cold air. Here are some of the images of my downtown Buffalo experience. At the Home and Garden show in the Buffalo Convention Center, I