Today’s prompt from Paul Taubman at the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to write about someone I know and what I admire about that person. He suggests a friend, a family member or a colleague as the person to talk about. The person whom I’ve chosen is my friend, Giselle Jackman. I first met Giselle […]

 Today’s blogging prompt continues the idea of me introducing myself to you with the question, “How did I get started in my niche?” Well, actually, I don’t really know. It just sort of happened over time.  Years ago, when I was just getting started in my flip floppy (mostly floppy) journalism career, I realized that

 Today is the start of a new Ultimate Blogging Challenge. I have participated in this blogging challenge since 2015. Or was it 2014? Anyway, it’s been a while. Through this challenge, I’ve become part of a great community of bloggers. I’ve had the opportunity to improve my writing skills, as well as my photography skills.

 What do you photograph when you don’t really go anywhere? When you don’t have big photogenic adventures? When you’re not exploring all sorts of different places? Well, what about you as a photography subject? You could photograph yourself! The technology today makes that easy. And that’s what I chose to do. Photograph myself in a

Just when I was celebrating the end of The Year from Hell (aka 2020), it became apparent that the madness had not ended. I could say that I had decided to do a 365 day photography challenge in 2021 because the madness had not ended. But no. That’s not really true. Actually, I was hiking

 “Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” ~Dylan Thomas Two days ago, my mother, Roslyn Gerard, passed away quietly in a nursing home at the age of 99. For the last several years of her life, she suffered from the

  The landscape has become silent. I see birds through my window, but they make not a sound. They sit on top of trees and watch and then, fly away as a group. The seeds of life are now buried beneath the soil, protected by an insulating layer of snow.  The snow also hides the

A few weeks ago, I was at the Small Business Saturday event at the Grand Island Farmers Market when I encountered something that looked incredibly good. It looked like enormous truffles. The chocolate kind, not the fungus among us kind. I needed to check into that, to find out more about those lovely round things.

 Yesterday, I had suggested taking a walk in the woods as a fun and inexpensive type of activity that you could enjoy with friends or family. Before I talk about what you are likely to see in the woods, I need to remind you how to dress for safety. I recommend wearing long sleeves, long

 We’ve all been staying at home whenever possible and social distancing and wearing our masks when we have to go out. But… you’re saying… how about fun? Do I have to give up fun? And I don’t have a lot of money, so can I have fun on a budget? The short answer to both