Today, I invite you to ask me anything! Anything at all. Family friendly, of course. Silly is good. Just type your question in the comments section below. To get your question asking creative juices going, here are some sample questions (with brief answers): 1. What would you do if you saw a vampire? Run. […]

  I really miss my parents at pretty much every time of the day. I think about what they would be doing and what they would be saying. On Thursday nights, they played Scrabble. Every week, without fail, the Scrabble board and a collection of dictionaries would come out, and my parents would be prepared

 Today’s blogging prompt is to write about your favorite number. I thought that would make for a very brief blog post. “My favorite number is 27 because I was born on the 27th of the month. If there were no number 27, I could have never been born because my birth date would have magically

 Almost #WordlessWednesday! Here are images of Three Sisters Island, which is about as close to the rapids leading to Niagara Falls as you’re ever going to get. Three Sisters Island is located in Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, New York.

 Yesterday, after I posted my blog entry about Owasco Lake, I was busily reading other people’s blogs when I discovered this gem, titled “The Infinite Possibilities of Life,” by the Lady in Read.” I love that title… the infinite possibilities of life… so I was very drawn to this blog post. I was also drawn to

  Owasco Lake is one of the eleven lakes in New York State’s Finger Lakes region. At 11.1 miles in length, Owasco Lake is the sixth largest of those lakes, which are long and resemble fingers on a hand, albeit a hand with eleven fingers.  Because of the attractiveness of Owasco Lake, it is a

 In a world filled with uncertainty, nature is a constant. No matter what happens in the world of humans, nature performs its magic, whether it is the river flowing or the birds migrating along the same route that they have flown for centuries or the flowers that magically pop through the snow early every spring.

 These photographs were taken both in Casowasco camp/ retreat center on Owasco Lake in the Finger Lakes region of Central New York and on Grand Island. The first features a bumblebee sleeping on a teasel, and the second features a honeybee busily pollinating a flower.

Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love– anonymous   In March of 2020, when the spread of COVID-19 began resulting in lockdowns throughout New York State, I was clueless about the danger of pandemics. I had never before experienced a pandemic so, when the schools began shutting down, I thought that it was the

 “…and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein Today is the first day of the quarterly Ultimate Blogging Challenge for August 2021. I have been participating in these challenges almost forever. Each time that I participate in a challenge, I like to have a theme for the month. Sometimes, I stick to it,