note: The last place that I visited on my virtual trip around the world was in Croatia. I am now in a coffeehouse called Caffe Florian in Venice, Italy, with two bloggers who share one blog, titled “The Martha Review.” The bloggers are Martha and her great-granddaughter, Lia. Just as we are getting ready to order, we […]

 Here is a fun creative writing exercise for you! Write a caption for one or both of the below photographs. On Sunday, I will repost the photographs with the captions that you wrote! Have fun. Use your imagination when coming up with your captions. It’s okay if the caption is wild and goofy but please

 Cherry plum tree (prunus cerasifera), planted as a street tree on Grand Island Boulevard.

  Sooo…. I hven’t acquired a pet gecko, but I do spend a fair amount of time at a house with two resident geckos. Watching them has made me realize that they are interesting critters. Did you know that a female gecko can be pregnant for years before she finally lays her eggs? A harlequin gecko

The Sasquatch Law: Sasquatch, also known as Big Foot, is described as large and hairy and humanlike. He may even be cousins with the Yeti or the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas. Apparently, no one has ever actually encountered Sasquatch. If people had come across Sasquatch, we would know for sure whether Big Foot exists

 Every time I go shopping at my local supermarket (Tops Friendly Markets), I get a chance to win the big prize of $10,000 food and gas stimulus. That’s a whole lot of stimulus! I eagerly open up the “Monopoly” ticket because I just know that it’s going to be my big stimulus package… paper…  A

  Today’s Ultimate Blogging Challenge prompt is to review a book or a movie. The book that I am reviewing is a book that I am currently reading, called The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, by Kim Michele Richardson. This book is set in Kentucky during the mid-1930s. It is the story of Cussy Mary

 Today’s blogging prompt was to write about how you might do things differently than expected. I wondered how the way that I write a blog post might be different than how someone else might write a blog post. I walked to the medical office for my appointment with the nurse practitioner and I kept wondering. How

 After the long monochromatic chill of winter, the colors of spring feel like a sweet dream. Each year, it’s just as delightful as the previous year. The joy never goes away.

Hey folks! Today is a Very Important Holiday. It is… Limerick Day! Which, in my opinion, is a really fun event. This holiday, always occurs on May 12th, which was the birthday of Edward Lear (1812-1888). He published a “Book of Nonsense” in 1846 and he popularized the poetic form known as the Limerick.  By