Any movie, theater production, or music involving Peter Pan was high on the list of things to watch when my boys were little. It was a tie between watching that or watching The Sound of Music over and over and over, for my oldest son, especially. He even got to attend a production of Peter…
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Stop Assuming, Please!
There’s a lot of assuming going on. You might assume I am a Republican. Actually, I was a registered Independent voter when we lived in New York State twenty-five years ago. When we moved to Wisconsin, I might have registered as a Republican. Honestly, I don’t know. And, it doesn’t matter because I don’t vote…
NaPoWriMo: The Thing Is…Poetry
Some of my Poetry Friday cohort members set challenges for one another at the beginning of each month. This month, April, the task of challenge setting fell to someone whose writing I’ve enjoyed for several years now. As I read her fellow participants’ posts, as well as hers, I was inspired by them to write…
Monday Foodie: Gnocchi, Beef on Weck, and Fish Fries
My husband and spent last week in Buffalo and Brockport New York – in roughly the areas in which we grew up. If you don’t know, the Buffalo area and Western New York, in general, have a great diversity of food. We always look forward to eating when we go back to visit family! Here…
NaPoWriMo: National Poetry Writing Month & An Ode to Teachers
I feel naturally drawn to writing poetry for National Poetry Month. Lately, other than my reflective blog, poetry is my most common form of writing. I have a couple ideas for childrens’ storybooks and also want to reach out to a couple publishers who accept applications/queries to write for hire, but I have a lot…
Silent Sunday: Western New York
Today is Silent Sunday. It is the day of the week, I offer my own photographs on a theme of my choosing. There is no permission to duplicate in any form. Thank you!
Poetry Friday: Wildlife & Weather Always Work
We are back in New York this week visiting my parents. It is a transitional time of year with cold winter winds yielding to warm spring breezes. And, this trip exhibited these fickle weather patterns precisely. In Hamburg, New York (yes, that is really a place) the cold north wind whipped across the now slushy…
Poetry Friday: Poetry Prep Work
Here it is Poetry Friday again and once again, I do not have any new poetry to share. It’s not that I haven’t been working on poetry – I have, but my writing has taken the form of editing chores, searching for publication possibilities, and new poetry groups to join. I also have been invited…
Educational Soapbox: Dander Up!
One thing I miss about not having my boys home anymore is the conversations we would have after dinner. This is true of my middle son, especially. He is a big picture thinker and a conceptual learner. Our current educational systems, in the U.S., at least where we live in the mid-west, do not cater…
Slice of Life Tuesday: A Late Pi Day Post & Finding a Way to Help the People of Ukraine.
Last week, I was taking a break from my writing my blog. It was time to refresh and relieve myself of the irritations that come with blogging daily for five years. I write to be heard, sometimes I’m not. End of story. A few days before Pi Day or 3/14 (3.14….) I saw a social…