Today, four members of Daughters of Creative Sound, an African-American women’s drum and percussion group, came to visit the Riverside-Salem Environmental Chapel. They performed a variety of drum songs, told stories, and sang songs. The four who came were Yvonne Harris (“Big Mama Blue), Sharon Holley, Karima Amin, and Sandra Williams Bush. They started with […]

Today, I went to downtown Buffalo, New York, to check out the Downtown Country Market. It operates on Tuesdays and Thursdays from May 12th through October 27th. The hours of the market are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. The whole country market experience was made more entertaining by a band performing

It poured all last night. The rain continued through most of the morning. It was very welcome. I wasn’t able to do my gardening job, though. I tried to visualize myself digging weeds with one hand and holding up an umbrella with the other hand. I could only visualize my weeding and holding up an

It’s Sunday, and, at church, Jason, our former intern who is now in seminary studying to become an Episcopal priest, presented a homily about prayer. He said that we have many reasons to pray. Often times, we make lots of requests of God and expect all of our wishes to be fulfilled. I will readily

I am now closing in on the conclusion of my 366-day photography project. I have spent so much time with my camera that it is starting to feel like an extension of myself. I would recommend this project for anyone. It is a good way to document your world. It is also a good way

Here in Grand Island, the current temperature is 90 degrees. It feels even hotter. I am back at home from a very toasty walk to the library to pick up a book. It is about a five-mile round trip, mainly because I take the “scenic route.” It’s nice to see the busy bees and the

Yesterday evening, I went to the river to take pictures of the moon, just one day past the full moon. The reflection of the moon in the water is beautiful. At some point,I will use this picture as a reference photograph for a painting. Today, though, I decided to play a little with the photograph,

Yesterday and today, I took some pictures of the sky and of the moon, which will be full today. The sky looks different every day. When I was a kid, I liked lying on my back on the ground and watching the movement of the clouds. It was very relaxing. Here are some images of

Note: In May, two local writers came to speak at the Grand Island Memorial Library. Sandra Block, the author of Little Black Lies and The Girl without a Name, was the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Friends of the Grand Island Memorial Library. Her story is here: link to yesterday’s blog post Later in May, Brian Castner,

Note: In May, two local writers came to speak at the Grand Island Memorial Library. Sandra Block, the author of Little Black Lies and The Girl without a Name, was the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Friends of the Grand Island Memorial Library. Later in May, Brian Castner, author of The Long Walk, came