Month: June 2021
A Local Taste: Micro-brew Beer In Rochester
We have been overwhelmed with the available choice of micro-brews in Western New York. While visiting, we tried a scotch ale and a blueberry ale from the Rohrbach Brewing Company. We had these beers with our dinner at the Rohrbach Brewing Company’s Brew Pub on Buffalo Road in Rochester, New York. Since 1991, this local…
Poetry Friday: Poetry of Place
We’ve been travelling over the last week, visiting places we used to live and conduct our lives in Western New York. It brings to mind something my son said when he was young and in elementary school. Mom, he said, “Math is everywhere!” And, he was right. We started noticing how math was a part…
A Visit to Letchworth State Park in Western New York
Yesterday, my husband and I visited a park, Letchworth State Park, we had both been to as youth. My husband remembers swimming in a pool within the confines of the park and I remember going to the park with a school group. We went to the Glen Iris Inn, which sits inside the park for…
Slice of Life: Growing up in New York
I am back in New York visiting my parents who live in a town known to be one of the stops on the Erie Canal. For anyone who is outside of this large state, when you say you are going to New York, it is automatically assumed you are going to be near New York…
Rainy Days and Mondays
One of my favorite songs growing up was Rainy Days and Mondays sung by the incomparable Karen Carpenter. And, such is today – a Rainy Day and a Monday. The song goes on to lament being down, not fitting in, and having the blues. Although I don’t feel this way today, I can relate to…
Poetry Friday: Turtle Movements
You move so slowly, Until you see me on the path. Quickly, you scoot away to the edge, Stopping momentarily to listen to More of my approaching footsteps On the gravel. Then, you’re off again, Scuttling into the dry forest Debris where you blend so perfectly. Still, if I bend down to look Under your…
Being On The Fringe
Have you ever been in a crowd of people and felt alone? Obviously, this has happened to me or else I would not be writing about it. Looking back over my drafts since 2018, I’ve started posts about “being on the fringe” at least three times. None have made it to posting. But still, I…
Bodies of Water
We’ve had a long stretch of 90 degree weather here in the upper mid-west of the United States. In fact, the national weather service recorded a temperature of 99 degrees this past Sunday, June 6th. All this heat has me thinking of the different bodies of water into which I’ve dipped my toes. Sunday, we…
Changing Appearance: My Experience
Last February I had my hair cut and colored as I’ve had done for the last ten years. My natural hair color is a dark brunette. When I was younger, my hair was almost black it was so dark. Over the years, I’ve run the gamet from having a friend color (she was a hairstylist),…