When I was in graduate school for my natural resources degree (EE/EI), one of our first assignments was to read two papers written by seminal voices in the environmental field. One was by Richard Wilke and the other was by Jo Kwong. Before I started the assignment, I was pretty sure that I felt that…
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The Ups and Downs of Being an Etsy Seller
I’ve had an Etsy shop since 2009 and have been making handcrafted jewelry since 2003. The hobby came to me naturally when my children were young and I needed something to focus on other than being a stay-at-home mom. My youngest was two when I started and he’s twenty now! For a long time, I…
Silent Sunday: Adult Refreshments
Today is Silent Sundy, it is a day when I post my own photographs on a theme of my choosing. Thanks for stopping by!
Poetry Friday: My First Year in the Progressive Poem
This year I signed up to take part in the Kidlit Progressive Poem. It is my first time, although I have read these poems in the past. The Kidlit Progressive Poem was created by Irene Latham in 2012, and since had the organization of the month’s events taken over by Margaret Simon. Both of these…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Sounds of Musical Theater
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…
Silent Sunday: Pink!!!
Poetry Friday: New Friends
Do you know the Huey Lewis song, I Want A New Drug? Well, I was inspired today to write a poem using the lyrics of that song as a mentor text. Once again, I am fighting with myself about friendships and how I react to people and people react to me. I crave REAL conversation….
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…
Recent Books
The last few books I read left me cold at the beginning of my reading. These included two of Liane Moriarity’s suspense novels and now again with Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (2012). I finished Moriarity’s Apples Never Fall and Big Little Lies (2014) once I got into them. But, it took several nights…
The Land of Eagles
We are fortunate to live in a place and time where we can see bald eagles. Everyday! Spring is the time we usually have one or two landing in the overgrown tree in the dry creek bed beside our house. They come before leaf out, while the branches are still bare, finding their perch for…