It is raining. Quietly. Here are a few haikus about rain, quiet or otherwise. The sky turns deep gray, smell of moisture fills the air, rain will soon approach. Spring flowers close up, clouds cover the yellow sun, darkness in daytime. The birds stopped singing as they anticipate rain all becomes quiet. Still-naked trees dance […]
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Below are some of the pictures that I took during the Western New York portion of the Walk for a Nuclear Free Future. The people who are doing the complete walk, which is still continuing, began in San Francisco in March 20th. They will arrive in New York City on April 26th. Their goal is
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“I’m ready to hear a fractured fairy tale!” Time for some more writing fun!!! Here’s a new writing exercise. You’re going to write a fractured fairy tale!!! Ready to get started? Here’s the activity. You’ll get started by going to a random name generator. The one that I chose is at get some randomly chosen names!!! With
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Note: I was attempting to write about all things nuclear because I went on a walk for a nuclear free future but my brain nearly fried in the attempt. So, after being demolished by the details, I decided to start over again. I know more about food than about nukes, so food it is. Food
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Water is life because we can’t survive without it. We are made up of water. In addition, it is a precious resource for us. We can see areas, such as California, that are struggling because of drought. Severe water restrictions are in place there, and that makes people even more aware of the life-giving properties
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Komesta-shoni of Japan offers a blessing to the Cattaraugus Creek. For many years, I have lived near Lake Erie. I have sketched pictures of the Buffalo lighthouse, and I have walked around the marina in downtown. I’ve also walked on the breakwater off the shore of the lake on the Buffalo side. That led me
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I’m home! Sunburned and footsore and happy. The Walk for a Nuclear Free Future was a good experience. I stepped out of my comfort zone. I made new friends and was able to reconnect with friends that I made during the Walk for a Nuclear Free Future in 2010. I even learned a few words
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Today, I am joining the walk for a nuclear free future. I will walk with the group from Buffalo to the Seneca Nation of Indians’ Cattaraugus territory. It is a distance of 71 miles. We will arrive at our destination on Wednesday. Many of the walkers will take a train to Albany on Thursday, but I
In previous blog entries, I suggested various creative writing exercises and discussed ways to use random word generators. This time, I am going to talk about something called a “story prompt.” Last month, I was visiting friends in Cleveland, Ohio. We had a busy weekend. One of the activities that we enjoyed was a storytelling
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Graycliff Estate in Derby, New York One of the more interesting pieces of local history were the many great architects who designed houses and other buildings in Western New York. These included Louis Sullivan, who designed Buffalo’s Guaranty Building; H.H. Richardson, who designed the Richardson Olmsted Complex; and Eliel and Eero Saarinen, who designed Kleinhan’s
