Today’s suggested topic from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is:  What is a subject or activity you have a lot of knowledge around? If you were giving your one best tip to someone brand new to that subject or activity, what would you tell them? What do you wish you’d known when you were new to […]

Today’s topic recommendation from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to write about great things that come in fours. One of the suggested great things that come in fours are “four seasons.” Since I really like all four seasons (even winter, sometimes), I decided that I would share images of my community during all four seasons.

Note:  Every now and then, I share comments that have been left on my blog, together with responses. I really appreciate all of my readers, and I am so grateful for the comments. I like to highlight YOU in my blog. Here in Grand Island, New York, it’s kind of a damp, rainy day. In

Today’s teacher story features Mary Kate Ells, the orchestra teacher at Huth Road Elementary School in Grand Island, New York. This is the fourth story in my series about teachers, their work, the things that they share with their students, and the things that bring them joy.  What made you decide to be a music

Happy New Year! Today, I am starting on a new blogging challenge via the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. I will participate in the challenge for the entire month of January. Blogging challenges are good because participants get guidance from experienced bloggers. They get guidance on finding topics for writing blog posts, as well as guidance on

Retrospective of 2016: Today is the conclusion of part three of a three-day retrospective of 2016. The focus is on people, and the pictures are from July through December. July A few days before Independence Day, I joined a group that picked up litter from Grand Island Boulevard. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and we

Restrospective of 2016: Today is the beginning of part three of a three-day retrospective of 2016. The focus is on people, and the pictures are from January through June. January On the first of January, people who had been elected (or re-elected) to local office were sworn in. I went to the swearing-in ceremony to take

Retrospective of 2016: Today is part two of a three-part retrospective of 2016. Today’s theme is art work. I’ve also included craft projects. Here is my 2016 art gallery. I’ve really appreciated the support that so many people have shown for my art, and I hope that you like this gallery. January This was a “negative

Retrospective of 2016: Today is part one of a three-part retrospective of the images of 2016. Each day, I will present a different theme. Today, the images are of nature. They represent a year’s worth of scenery from Grand Island, Buffalo, Delevan, and rural Illinois. I hope that you enjoy the images that I’ve chosen

People have been consuming honey for millennia. The promised land in the book of Exodus was described as a land overflowing in “milk and honey.” That sounds delicious. In fact, John the Baptist had a diet of honey and locusts, which doesn’t sound especially appetizing, despite being high in protein.  Honey has been used all